Record Setting Asteroid Flyby

[LSWONE]

This is an older one that came up in the search... but I put it in here as this is another Russian daylight fall I never saw before tonight.

Did you notice at 2:59-3:00 it looks like something may have been fired at the rock?

[undo11]

i see quotes on ats of 950 people injured

[thorfourwinds]

(credit Wiki)

Video: Meteorite strikes Russia earlier today. More than 500 people hurt. | Earth | EarthSky

WTF ?

We were on the Wiki DA14 page and going to comment on how fast Wiki is updated regarding this Russian meteor event - and it went POOF!

2012 DA14 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2012 DA14 is a near-Earth asteroid with an estimated diameter of 50 meters (160 ft) and an estimated mass of 190,000 metric tons.[4] It was discovered on February 23, 2012, by the Observatorio Astronómico de La Sagra, Granada in Spain (J75)[1] seven days after passing 0.0174 AU (2,600,000 km; 1,620,000 mi) from Earth.[3] Calculations show that on February 15, 2013, the distance between the asteroid and the center-point of Earth will be 0.0002276 AU (34,050 km; 21,160 mi).[3] The asteroid will pass 27,700 km (17,200 mi) from the surface of Earth.[2] This is a record close approach for a known object of this size.[2]

And right here in this space...

12:40 PM EST
This was posted on WIKI AND THEN DISAPPEARED WHILST WE WERE WRITING...always take screenshots...ratsandmice!

"On the morning of the same day of closest approach, February 15, 2013, a separate meteor strike occurred over South Ural, Russia, that resulted in the hospitalization of more than 900 people. This meteor was later determined to have been in a significantly different orbit from 2012 DA14, therefore an unrelated meteor."

[thorfourwinds]

Russian Diamonds: Siberian Meteorite Crater Said To Hold Trillions Of Carats

MOSCOW -- Russian scientists are claiming that a gigantic deposit of industrial diamonds found in a huge Siberian meteorite crater during Soviet times could revolutionize industry.

The Siberian branch of Russian Academy of Sciences said that the Popigai crater in eastern Siberia contains "many trillions of carats" of so-called "impact diamonds" – good for technological purposes, not for jewelry, and far exceeding the currently known global deposits of conventional diamonds.

Nikolai Pokhilenko, the head of the Geological and Mineralogical Institute in Novosibirsk, told RIA Novosti news agency Monday that the diamonds include other molecular forms of carbon. He said they could be twice as hard as conventional diamonds and therefore have superlative industrial qualities.

He said the minerals could lead to a "revolution" in various industries.

"But they can't upset a diamond market because it is shaped by diamonds for jewelry purposes."

[sky otter]

the wiki  stuff is back up now


do you guys realize how much fear is being generated by this happening before the one tomorrow?

so if you can do anything to work to challenge the fear with other emotions
PLEASE DO

[burntheships]

Hi all,

I was wondering why Russia has not released the
data from the contents of the site impact.

Lots of curious vapor trails, and the smell of gunpowder...

Could be some meteorite action never observed with
camera's before, or it could be something else.

The only way to put it to bed so to speak is show us the
proof. If its a meteorite, so easy to tell by examing the impact
site and testing the peices.

So come Russia, show us the real deal!

[PLAYSWITHMACHINES]

RSOE reports 985 injured in Russia.
Didn't see any missile trails or such in those films.....
Another meteorite hit Cuba about 2 hours ago, no other reports as yet.

BTW nice shots from the amateurs in Aussi-land.
Well done, chaps

[sky otter]

Meteor Crashes in Cuba Day After Russia Fireball
Friday, February 15, 2013 9:10% of readers think this story is Fact. Add your two cents.


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

http://beforeitsnews.com/space/2013/02/meteor-crashes-in-cuba-day-after-russia-fireball-2454428.html
   
(Before It's News)

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Cuba Update: Apparently, another potential meteor crash may have happened in Cuba today. Related? From the foreign language news site: "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."

[PLAYSWITHMACHINES]

Mmm, i saw it on RSOE, i don't know where they get their data from, but it's always been reliable, IMO.

NASA just updated their statement:
"We think there is no risk to all the known satellites in orbit"

That's a 'cover my ass' statement if ever i heard one

[thorfourwinds]

California scientists propose system to vaporize asteroids that threaten Earth

Two California scientists are unveiling their proposal for a system that could eliminate an asteroid threat.

As an asteroid roughly half as large as a football field — and with energy equal to a large hydrogen bomb — readies for a fly-by of Earth on Friday, two California scientists are unveiling their proposal for a system that could eliminate a threat of this size in an hour. The same system could destroy asteroids 10 times larger than the one known as 2012 DA14 in about a year, with evaporation starting at a distance as far away as the Sun.

UC Santa Barbara physicist and professor Philip M. Lubin, and Gary B. Hughes, a researcher and professor from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, conceived DE-STAR, or Directed Energy Solar Targeting of Asteroids and exploRation, as a realistic means of mitigating potential threats posed to the Earth by asteroids and comets.

Concept drawing of the DE-STAR system engaging both an asteroid for evaporation or composition analysis, and simultaneously propelling an interplanetary spacecraft. Credit: Philip M. Lubin


"We have to come to grips with discussing these issues in a logical and rational way," said Lubin, who began work on DE-STAR a year ago. "We need to be proactive rather than reactive in dealing with threats. Duck and cover is not an option. We can actually do something about it and it's credible to do something. So let's begin along this path. Let's start small and work our way up. There is no need to break the bank to start."

Described as a "directed energy orbital defense system," DE-STAR is designed to harness some of the power of the Sun and convert it into a massive phased array of laser beams that can destroy, or evaporate, asteroids posing a potential threat to Earth. It is equally capable of changing an asteroid's orbit — deflecting it away from Earth, or into the Sun — and may also prove to be a valuable tool for assessing an asteroid's composition, enabling lucrative, rare-element mining. And it's entirely based on current essential technology.

"This system is not some far-out idea from Star Trek," Hughes said. "All the components of this system pretty much exist today. Maybe not quite at the scale that we'd need — scaling up would be the challenge — but the basic elements are all there and ready to go. We just need to put them into a larger system to be effective, and once the system is there, it can do so many things."

"There are large asteroids and comets that cross the Earth's orbit, and some very dangerous ones going to hit the Earth eventually," he added. "Many have hit in the past and many will hit in the future. We should feel compelled to do something about the risk. Realistic solutions need to be considered, and this is definitely one of those." more

[burntheships]

RAN is reporting that this was a 10 ton Bolide (bright fireball).
Haha then so much for the claims that The U.S. launched
some secret weapon. (* bts makes mental note that
this is proof that Russia starts a lot
of these rumors )

Satellite images here:

­The object was identified as a solitary 10 ton bolide by the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAN). Bolides or bright fireballs are large meteors that explode in the lower atmosphere, and unlike meteorite showers they can be dangerous, scientists explained.

The Chelyabinsk fireball entered the atmosphere moving at a speed of about 20 km/s. The body of several meters in diameter then burst into pieces at the height of 30-50 km above the ground, RAN reported.
http://rt.com/news/scientists-explain-chelyabinsk-bolide-337/

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





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

[zorgon]

So come Russia, show us the real deal!

More damage;





Hole in lake;





Taken from plane;



I find it really odd that so many cameras were on this one

[zorgon]

Caught on Satellite



SAVE EVERYTHING

[zorgon]

So RT is saying a small ASTEROID that broke up into many pieces

[zorgon]

do you guys realize how much fear is being generated by this happening before the one tomorrow?

Nah  been watching it on facebook... the 'fear' is just the typical "OMG!!! ITS THE END OF THE WORLD!!!" fear   LOL I actually had a grammar Nazi tag me on that phrase  for shouting, and "it's instead of its"  He did remove his comment after he realized it was an example  dumb ass

so if you can do anything to work to challenge the fear with other emotions
PLEASE DO

Well I am inclined to let the Lemming jump of the cliff... it's what Lemmings do but for you...