[meteorite-list] Russian Meteor event?

From: Marcin Cimala <marcin_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:25:03 +0100
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Hey
I dont know but this looks to me like big space junk, not a meteor. Too
slow, too much smoke, no fragmentation like for example on Peekskill video.
This will be interesting what did they find on the ground. Anyway I hope it
will be 10 ton lunar :D

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> Most damage from shockwave so far....interesting pictures and comments
> here...satellite picture and impact on lake possible....even one
> mentions bits for sale already!!!!
>
> Graham
>
> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 7:59 AM, Robin Whittle <rw at firstpr.com.au> wrote:
>> The Russia Today page has video of the light of the meteor throwing
>> moving shadows of buildings, in broad daylight.
>>
>> http://rt.com/news/meteorite-crash-urals-chelyabinsk-283/
>>
>> There is a report of 100 people being injured, none seriously, and two
>> photos of a "zinc factory" (maybe a galvanizing factory) which was hit
>> and damaged.
>>
>> This video shows the smoke trail:
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsNPIyxwPlE
>>
>> Two YouTube videos which are better quality originals compared to the
>> derivative versions in the news reports:
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c-0iwBEswE
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5xMYRBpLSI
>>
>> - Robin
>>
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