Meteorite hits central Russia

[Wolfwood]

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[Vash]

Until you have something moving so damn fast, the shockwave it creates destroys all around it. If it shattered windows, in MID AIR, it would have shattered that area around the "entry" point as well, creating such a disturbance in the water, that the waves under the ice would have cracked the ice for hundreds of yards around it.

Remember, it is shrinking as it goes along. Volkswagen beetle sized meteors never even get close enough to the ground to be seen by us surface dwellers before they are vaporized down to dust.

 

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There are thousands of examples of good size meteorites...

 

[RstyShcklfrd]

In mother Russia, space visits you!

 

[M. Sage]

Sure as hell wasn't a meteor, I can tell that much just looking at the picture. If there had been an impact there, there'd be a shitload of cracked/ separated, floating ice, and I'm willing to bet the guy closest to the hole would be swimming.

Yep, hydraulic shockwaves are a mofo. Probably would have fractured a couple square miles of ice.

 

[General Zod]

Remember, though, the chunk that landed in the lake is a much smaller piece of debris from the explosion. That hole may have been created by something the size of a baseball.

 

[Vash]

Remember, though, the chunk that landed in the lake is a much smaller piece of debris from the explosion. That hole may have been created by something the size of a baseball.

That sounds reasonable. Its also very hot. A small hot iron ball surrounded by, and with a trail, of plasma composed of air and iron.

 

[Das Jared]

That sounds reasonable. Its also very hot. A small hot iron ball surrounded by, and with a trail, of plasma composed of air and iron.

wonder what would happen to a human or animal hit by that. wonder if it would be messy, or just vaporized

 

[General Zod]

Most meteorites that hit the ground have lost most of their speed and heat. Is the really big ones that hit with devastating force. Being hit by a small fragment shouldn't be any worse than having that fragment dropped off a building onto you.

 

[AcidFlashGordon]

Most meteorites that hit the ground have lost most of their speed and heat. Is the really big ones that hit with devastating force. Being hit by a small fragment shouldn't be any worse than having that fragment dropped off a building onto you.

They just make holes in things....

A rare direct hit from a meteorite | The Planetary Society


Then, of course, there are the conspiracy theories and, as I call them, UFOnuts, that "see" things:



Then there are explanations that most meteors burn up in the atmosphere:

HowStuffWorks "Meteors burn up when they hit the Earth's atmosphere. Why doesn't the space shuttle?"

That's assuming, of course, that the meteor isn't some house-sized piece of iron-nickel that will either impact or, due to super heating, explode with the force of a huge nuclear weapon.......

Just sayin'....

 

[Vash]

They just make holes in things....

A rare direct hit from a meteorite | The Planetary Society


Then, of course, there are the conspiracy theories and, as I call them, UFOnuts, that "see" things:



Then there are explanations that most meteors burn up in the atmosphere:

HowStuffWorks "Meteors burn up when they hit the Earth's atmosphere. Why doesn't the space shuttle?"

That's assuming, of course, that the meteor isn't some house-sized piece of iron-nickel that will either impact or, due to super heating, explode with the force of a huge nuclear weapon.......

Just sayin'....

There are some really good vids that astronauts have taken of re-entry from inside the shuttle. You can find them on youtube.

Found a good one. Its got plasma and sparks. NASA Shuttle Endeavour Re-Entry Video - YouTube

 

[Ericstac]

So, yeah it was a meteorite that made that hole in the ice..

Video: Large meteorite fragments found in Russia - Telegraph