[meteorite-list] Russian Meteorite event

From: Bruce Wegmann <brucewegmann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:55:32 -0800
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  A remarkable co-incidence that this fell within a couple days of the
anniversary of the Sikhote-Alin fall (with which it will doubtless be
compared), and during the nearest-ever approach of a significant-sized
asteroid. In the videos I have seen, the terminal flare of this looks
comparable to that of a nuclear detonation; in one the fireball passes
nearly directly overhead, and the ambient light intensity is
blinding...the fears of the ancients of such events is starting to
look more reasonable. The news coming out of this area in next few
days should be intensely interesting.
Received on Fri 15 Feb 2013 04:55:32 AM PST