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26. Viewed from a weather satellite...

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 10:11 AM

Feb 2013

Weather sattelite Meteosat 10 has taken an image of the meteriote shortly after entering the atmosphere.(Copyright 2013 © EUMETSAT)

Russian space agency Roskosmos has confirmed the object that crashed in the Chelyabinsk region is a meteorite:
“According to preliminary estimates, this space object is of non-technogenic origin and qualifies as a meteorite. It was moving at a low trajectory with a speed of about 30 km/s.”
http://rt.com/news/meteorite-crash-urals-chelyabinsk-283/

The view from the ground was more ominous. Oh well, at least it's flu season.

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Asteroids ..Neil DeGrasse Tyson plus impact photos from Russia [View all] Ichingcarpenter Feb 2013 OP

Kicked for added photos Ichingcarpenter Feb 2013 #1

What space program? blkmusclmachine Feb 2013 #2

I used to be bothered by the death of the US space program CBGLuthier Feb 2013 #17

New video magellan Feb 2013 #3

The Russians are covering it better.. good link with photos and video Ichingcarpenter Feb 2013 #4

Thanks! Incredible footage magellan Feb 2013 #5

Here, there's sound on both of these... countryjake Feb 2013 #11

Thank you! n/t magellan Feb 2013 #13

FUNNY!! SkyDaddy7 Feb 2013 #14

With a telephone wire no less Duer 157099 Feb 2013 #47

NPR's Morning report called that a "sparsely populated area" A HERETIC I AM Feb 2013 #6

CNN reports 500+ people injured pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #7

Russian news reports Ichingcarpenter Feb 2013 #8

i wonder if lots of people saw the bright light renegade000 Feb 2013 #33

AKA: "Let's marginalize this story ASAP." WinkyDink Feb 2013 #30

three meteorite debris impact sites, Ichingcarpenter Feb 2013 #9

Little bitty rocks. hobbit709 Feb 2013 #10

Amazing this doesn't happen more frequently... Cooley Hurd Feb 2013 #12

EXACTLY!!! SkyDaddy7 Feb 2013 #15

That won't make a difference to impacts. hobbit709 Feb 2013 #16

Russian apple iphone weather app Ichingcarpenter Feb 2013 #18

I love that. Thank you! DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2013 #39

-5 centigrade and falling meteorites nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #42

Well of course it won't matter to space rocks... SkyDaddy7 Feb 2013 #21

It probably happens a lot more that we are aware. A HERETIC I AM Feb 2013 #32

Good point. I'm guessing the meteorite was too small to track/detect? Cooley Hurd Feb 2013 #34

Serious questions: Double contrails? Is that normal for a meteorite? nt. OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #19

Yeah! Usually they're chem trails! Orrex Feb 2013 #22

"Chemtrail" might be more accurate than "contrail" here... SidDithers Feb 2013 #31

My list of "star members" ignoring me has really spiked in the past few days Orrex Feb 2013 #38

Heheh... SidDithers Feb 2013 #43

Up to 24 people ignoring me now Orrex Feb 2013 #44

Sid said the "C" word!!!1!!!!111!! MIRT & Admins Convene Emergency Session DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2013 #40

And a hawk spirals to the ground, a sad fleeting crash... countryjake Feb 2013 #45

+1000 DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2013 #46

Two big pieces, maybe. Octafish Feb 2013 #28

One chunk breaking into two smaller chunks... SidDithers Feb 2013 #29

Completely normal, if it's breaking up on the way down Posteritatis Feb 2013 #41

One of those is from Darth Cheney flying alongside in a military grade jet Jamastiene Feb 2013 #49

Thanks for that link, Iching! I hadn't seen that site, yet. countryjake Feb 2013 #20

First image of one of the craters Ichingcarpenter Feb 2013 #23

Well at least that one hit in a safe place davidpdx Feb 2013 #24

Now they're saying the lake was not a landing site... countryjake Feb 2013 #48

yow.. lots of pics at link Voice for Peace Feb 2013 #25

Viewed from a weather satellite... Iterate Feb 2013 #26

Don't buy into the asteroid thing rightsideout Feb 2013 #27

This is what happens when the Pope quits Danny_Noonan Feb 2013 #35

LMAO! hrmjustin Feb 2013 #36

You're a good egg Noonan. She needs you... bluesbassman Feb 2013 #37