Record Setting Asteroid Flyby

[zorgon]

link in the story is in spanish for any who can translate
http://www.rainews24.rai.it/it/news.php?newsid=174956

Actually that is Italian  (.it) 

Celestial body explodes in Cuba

Cuba, 15.02.2013

Residents of a locality 'in the central region of Cuba said they had seen an object that fell from the sky and exploded with a great noise, which shook the houses of the place: it is learned from testimonies collected by local television.

In a report released this morning by Rodas, town in the province of Cienfuegos, witnesses described a very bright light that has come to have large size, comparable to that of a bus, before exploding in the sky.

[burntheships]

Fun facts! No wonder the light was literally blinding, so much it appeared nuclear!


The meteor was 1/3 the diameter of DA14....and brighter than the sun!

The meteor, which was about one-third the diameter of asteroid 2012 DA14, was brighter than the sun. Its trail was visible for about 30 seconds, so it was a grazing impact through the atmosphere. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/asteroids/news/asteroid20130215.html

So, imagine then what it might be like to have an asteroid hit the earth?

Lesson here: worry before the Asteroid passes, as the "debris" is ahead of
it. Oh, yes and this fireball was not related, of course. Of course.

[robomont]

notice: god hates communist
the message was sent from the heavens.it must be true.

[zorgon]

Lesson here: worry before the Asteroid passes, as the "debris" is ahead of
it. Oh, yes and this fireball was not related, of course. Of course.

Well heck... isn't that why we call them METEOR SHOWERS?  because space rocks are social and like to travel in groups?  Sheesh

But the real lesson here is NASA MISSED this one entirely  They were so busy saying nothing will happen and we get hit by a rock one third as big that they didn't see coming. i will post their article anyway... better late than never LOL

NASA:  "We think there is no risk to all the KNOWN satellites in orbit"

What a butt cover

[zorgon]

Russia Meteor Not Linked to Asteroid Flyby
02.15.13


A meteor seen flying over Russia on Feb. 15 at 3:20: 26 UTC impacted Chelyabinsk. Preliminary information is that this object was unrelated to asteroid 2012 DA14, which made a safe pass by Earth today. Image credit: Google Earth, NASA/JPL-Caltech

Preliminary information indicates that a meteor in Chelyabinsk, Russia, is not related to asteroid 2012 DA14, which is flying by Earth safely today.

The Russia meteor is the largest reported since 1908, when a meteor hit Tunguska, Siberia. The meteor entered the atmosphere at about 40,000 mph (18 kilometers per second). The impact time was 7:20:26 p.m. PST, or 10:20:26 p.m. EST on Feb. 14 (3:20:26 UTC on Feb. 15), and the energy released by the impact was in the hundreds of kilotons.

Based on the duration of the event, it was a very shallow entry. It was larger than the meteor over Indonesia on Oct. 8, 2009. Measurements are still coming in, and a more precise measure of the energy may be available later. The size of the object before hitting the atmosphere was about 49 feet (15 meters) and had a mass of about 7,000 tons.

The meteor, which was about one-third the diameter of asteroid 2012 DA14, was brighter than the sun. Its trail was visible for about 30 seconds, so it was a grazing impact through the atmosphere.

It is important to note that this estimate is preliminary, and may be revised as more data is obtained.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/asteroids/news/asteroid20130215.html

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/asteroidflyby.html

[zorgon]

News Releases

Steve Cole
Headquarters, Washington                             
202-358-0918
stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov

Janet Anderson
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.
256-544-0034
janet.l.anderson@nasa.gov
Feb. 15, 2013

MEDIA ADVISORY : M13-033


NASA Experts Discuss Russia Meteor in Media Teleconference Today


WASHINGTON -- NASA experts will hold a teleconference for news media at 4 p.m. EST today to discuss a meteor that streaked through the skies over Russia's Urals region this morning.

Scientists have determined the Russia meteor is not related to asteroid 2012 DA14 that will safely pass Earth today at a distance of more than 17,000 miles. Early assessments of the Russia meteor indicate it was about one-third the size of 2012 DA14 and traveling in a different direction.

Panelists for the teleconference are:
-- Bill Cooke, lead for the Meteoroid Environments Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
-- Paul Chodas, research scientist in the Near Earth Object Program Office at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.

News media interested in participating should dial 888-843-7186 and use the passcode METEOR.

The teleconference will be carried live online at:

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio

For detailed information concerning the Earth flyby of 2012 DA14, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/asteroidflyby.html

[zorgon]

NASA to Broadcast Asteroid Flyby of Earth

Feb. 13, 2013:  NASA Television will provide commentary starting at 2 p.m. EST (11 a.m. PST) on Friday, Feb. 15, during the close, but safe, flyby of a small near-Earth asteroid named "2012 DA14." NASA places a high priority on tracking asteroids and protecting our home planet from them. This flyby will provide a unique opportunity for researchers to study a near-Earth object up close.

The half-hour broadcast from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., will incorporate real-time animation to show the location of the asteroid in relation to Earth, along with live or near real-time views of the asteroid from observatories in Australia, weather permitting.

At the time of its closest approach to Earth at approximately 2:25 p.m. EST (11:25 a.m. PST/ 19:25 UTC), the asteroid will be about 17,150 miles (27,600 kilometers) above Earth's surface. Measuring approximately 50 meters wide, 2012 DA14 is about half the size of a football field. Since regular sky surveys began in the 1990s, astronomers have never seen an object this big come so close to our planet. The asteroid will actually pass closer to Earth than many manmade satellites.

The commentary will be available via NASA TV and streamed live online at http://www.nasa.gov/ntv and http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2

In addition to the commentary, near real-time imagery of the asteroid's flyby before and after closest approach, made available to NASA by astronomers in Australia and Europe, weather permitting, will be streamed beginning at about noon EST (9 a.m. PST) and continuing through the afternoon at http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2

Also, a Ustream feed of the flyby from a telescope at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., will be streamed for three hours starting at 9 p.m. EST (8 p.m. CST). To view the feed and ask researchers questions about the flyby via Twitter, visit http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-msfc

For more information, including graphics and animations showing the flyby of 2012 DA14, visit www.nasa.gov/asteroidflyby


That is NOW

[zorgon]

Fun begins

Russia Goes On High Alert After UFO Shoot-Down Injures Hundreds

A grim report prepared by the Space Forces Command (VKS) circulating in the Kremlin today says that one of its air defense units operating in "high alert" status, and located at the Urzhumka settlement near Chelyabinsk, fired at and destroyed [photo 2nd right] an "unidentified cosmic object" at an altitude of 20 kilometers which then exploded causing widespread massive damage and injuring over 500 people.

Chelyabinsk, one of the nation's most vital industrial centers, is a city and the administrative center of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located in the northwest of the oblast, 210 kilometers (130 mi) south of Yekaterinburg, just to the east of the Ural Mountains, on the Miass River, on the border of Europe and Asia, with a population of 1.3 million.

The air defence unit attacking this UFO, this VKS report says, used an S-400 'Triumph' system ordered to Russia's borders this past fall by President Putin.

The S-400 Triumph is a next-generation anti-aircraft weapon system capable of firing three different missile types. The system was designed to intercept and destroy jamming planes, radar planes, reconnaissance aircraft, strategic carriers, cruise missiles and medium-range ballistic missiles.

http://www.eutimes.net/2013/02/russia-goes-on-high-alert-after-ufo-shoot-down-injures-hundreds/

WOW So THIS is new never heard of them... time to dig

Space Forces Command (VKS)

LOL But then... the original source of THIS one is Sorcha Faal

[zorgon]

Flag of the Russian Space Forces

The Russian Space Forces was the branch of the Russian Military responsible for military space operations. Established on August 10, 1992, following the breakup of the Soviet Union and the creation of the Russian Armed Forces, the organisation shared control of the Baikonur Cosmodrome with the Russian Federal Space Agency. It also operated the Plesetsk and the Svobodny Cosmodromes. On 1 December 2011, it was replaced by the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces.

So Russia does have a Space Command    I never thought to look My bad

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Space_Forces

OMG!!!! Sorcha got one right

[burntheships]

Zorgon,

This is interesting. Kerry Cassidy also has a note up now
saying she was given anonymous info pertaining to
this event, and person claims to have irrefutable proof
that a missile was involved.

http://projectcamelotportal.com/kerrys-blog/1557-breaking-it-was-a-missle

Maybe it was just a fireball, still though I can help but wonder
about those Russia Times tweets claiming DF shot something.

[zorgon]

Kerry and Bill make a lot of claims  and they find a lot of anonymous witnesses. But can they back it up?   

[robomont]

so the russians have technology that can shoot down meteors and the usa doesnt?

[burntheships]

Kerry and Bill make a lot of claims  and they find a lot of anonymous witnesses. But can they back it up?   

Haha probably not. So they have much in common with Sorcha Faaal.



I am still interested to find out more about the initial tweets.

[thorfourwinds]

Fun facts! No wonder the light was literally blinding, so much it appeared nuclear!


The meteor was 1/3 the diameter of DA14....and brighter than the sun!

So, imagine then what it might be like to have an asteroid hit the earth?

Lesson here: worry before the Asteroid passes, as the "debris" is ahead of
it. Oh, yes and this fireball was not related, of course. Of course.

We thinks this got buried and somehow missed...

http://www.thelivingmoon.com/forum/index.php?topic=3585.msg51398#msg51398


Does everyone think this one was flying solo?   

[astr0144]

Great thread and excellent work and findings on the updated commentary of the last 24 hours.

Certainly was an unexpected event to see the meteorite land..

Still unsure what to make of it... was it created by a Star wars intervention, Alien activity or just part of the passing asteroid or something else.

Another news article to add...

http://news.yahoo.com/asteroid-buzzes-misses-earth-unlike-meteor-192941584.html