[meteorite-list] Meteorite-list Digest, Vol 117, Issue 19

From: Benjamin P. Sun <bpsun2009_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:54:42 -0500
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> 1. $10K Tucson Gem Show Charity Raffle Tomorrow (Meteorite Men)
> 2. Re: Asteroid Hits Earth! How the Doomsday Scenario Would Play
> Out (info at moonmarsrocks.com)
> 3. FW: (meteorobs) [met-list] Moroc Long Duration Fireball with
> smoketrail 13FEB2013 (Robert Verish)
> 4. Re: Germany/Belgium, Holland Long Duration Bolide 13FEB2013
> (Marco Langbroek)
> 5. Near-Earth Asteroid 2012 DA14 Makes Preview Appearance
> (Ron Baalke)
> 6. At The Mouth of the Red Valley (Mars Express) (Ron Baalke)
> 7. Book of Australia/Wolf Creek Crater (hall at meteorhall.com)
> 8. Best. Fireball. Ever. (Rob Wesel)
> 9. Russian Meteor event? (Yinan Wang)
> 10. Meteorite Picture of the Day (valparint at aol.com)
> 11. Re: Russian Meteor event? (Sterling K. Webb)
> 12. Discovery of new Arizona meteorite strewnfield from Casa
> Grande Fireball June 1998 (wahlperry at aol.com)
> 13. Russian Meteor event? (Mark Ford)
> 14. Re: Russian Meteor event? (Robin Whittle)
> 15. Russian Meteor Event (Carsten Giessler)
> 16. Russian Meteor Event (Carsten Giessler)
> 17. Re: Russian Meteor Event (Claudiu Tanaselia)
> 18. Re: Russian Meteor Event (drtanuki)
> 19. Re: Russian Meteor Event (Graham Ensor)
> 20. Russian Meteorite event (Bruce Wegmann)
> 21. RT live russia (drtanuki)
> 22. RT NEWS Asteroid event 15FEB2013 (drtanuki)
> 23. Russian Meteorite Event (Felipe Guajardo)
> 24. Re: Russian Meteorite Event (Mark Ford)
> 25. Re: Russian Meteor event? (Graham Ensor)
> 26. Re: Russian Meteor event? (Graham Ensor)
>
>
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:01:50 -0700
> From: Meteorite Men <meteoritemen at gmail.com>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] $10K Tucson Gem Show Charity Raffle Tomorrow
> To: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
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> Dear Listees:
>
> It was great to see so many of you here for the 2013 Tucson gem shows.
> Thanks to everyone who attended the 14th annual party -- especially
> Maria Hass who organized it -- and congrats to all the 2013 Harvey
> Award winners.
>
> In other news: Aerolite Meteorites is hosting a charity raffle at the
> gem show with approximately $10,000 in prizes, and the drawing is
> tomorrow. All revenue from ticket sales goes directly to two of my
> favorite Arizona nonprofits: HOPE Animal Shelter (Tucson's only
> no-kill shelter) and Challenger Space Center Arizona, a wonderful
> organization dedicated to science education for kids.
>
> You do NOT need to be present to win, and it's easy to purchase
> tickets via PayPal. The deadline for online ticket purchases is end of
> day today, and tickets can also be purchased, in person, up until 10
> am tomorrow at both of our Tucson locations. All are warmly invited to
> attend the drawing which will be at noon tomorrow, in our main
> showroom, Suite 323 at the Hotel Tucson City Center. Representatives
> from HOPE and AZ Challenger will be present to receive their checks,
> immediately following the drawing.
>
> Oh behalf of HOPE and AZ Challenger, our sincere thanks to everyone
> who has supported this venture!
>
> Details: http://www.aerolite.org/2013-gem-show-raffle.htm
>
>
>
> With best wishes to all,
>
> Geoff N.
>
> www.aerolite.org
> www.meteoritemen.com
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:53:17 -0700
> From: <info at moonmarsrocks.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Asteroid Hits Earth! How the Doomsday
> Scenario Would Play Out
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Message-ID:
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> Right on, Adam.
> If only we could get some Tribbles. They'd be great for those moments
> when a jerk cuts me off at highway speed in traffic, when the post
> office unbelievably crushes one of my customer's packages, or when my
> spouse occassionally goes into her dr. jekyll and mr. hyde act. Though,
> I'd be torn about getting rid of my secret stash of quadrotriticale...
>
> Best,
> Daniel
>
> Daniel Noyes
> Genuine Moon & Mars Meteorite Rocks
> info at moonmarsrocks.com
> www.moonmarsrocks.com
> ebay: danovanni
>
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
>
> Message: 13
> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:08:52 -0800 (PST)
> From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list]
> Asteroid Hits Earth! How the Doomsday Scenario Would Play
> To: Adam <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Message-ID:
> <1360854532.32627.YahooMailNeo at web122001.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
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>
> I want to be part of the "The Committee to Save the Planet"? As far as I
> know, the Earth is the only planet that still serves cold beer and where
> you can get a decent hamburger.
>
> Adam
>
>
> The Committee to Save the Planet: Who Watches the
> Asteroids? by Nina Burleigh, Time, February 12, 2013???
> http://world.time.com/2013/02/12/the-committee-to-save-the-planet-who-watches-the-asteroids/
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:01:36 -0800 (PST)
> From: Robert Verish <bolidechaser at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] FW: (meteorobs) [met-list] Moroc Long
> Duration Fireball with smoketrail 13FEB2013
> To: Meteorite-list Meteoritecentral
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Message-ID:
> <1360868496.57408.YahooMailClassic at web142505.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
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>
> ---------------- Original Message ----------------
> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:55:55 +0000
> From: Esko Lyytinen <esko.lyytinen at jippii.fi>
> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) [meteorite-list] Moroc Long Duration Fireball
> ? ? with smoketrail 13FEB2013
>
> We had here in Finland probably the best meteorite dropping fireball
> that we have well captured in our cameras, in Feb, 16 , 2009 at 22 UT.
> The geocentric radiant of this was 48, +28 , so this could be connected
> to what you have now and maybe with what Dirk tells about.
> The Vinf was derived as 13.5 km/s.
>
> And actually we have during the years, around this time of the year, had
> some other expected quite good meteorite droppers (at least one of these
> outside our country borders) , with roughly similar solar system orbit.
> It would be interesting to get the orbits derived for yours.
>
> Keep all your cameras open, please ;)
>
> Esko
>
>
> On 2013-02-14 13:29, James Beauchamp wrote:
>
>> Dirk , I've had three very slow events the last two days.? Radiant
>> appears to be directly over head 38 degrees latitude, 8 PM central US
>> time.
>>
>> Really slow, bright, with trails.
>
> ------------- End of Original Message --------------
>
> In a nutshell, keep your allsky cameras fired-up!
> These observations are as good of an early-warning system as we will get.
>
> Can't say we weren't warned,
> -- "CL"
> (Chicken Little)
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:50:56 +0100
> From: Marco Langbroek <marco.langbroek at online.nl>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Germany/Belgium, Holland Long Duration
> Bolide 13FEB2013
> To: Meteorite List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Message-ID: <511D4020.3050105 at online.nl>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Hi Dirk, others,
>
> This fireball over NW Europe was actually the decay of a Russian Soyuz r/b,
> the
> 3rd stage of the rocket that launched Progress-M 18M to the ISS on Feb
> 11th.
>
> See my blog:
> http://sattrackcam.blogspot.nl/2013/02/fireball-over-nw-europe-of-evening-of.html
>
> - Marco
>
> ----
> Dr Marco (183294) Langbroek
> asteroids at langbroek.org
>
> http://www.marcolangbroek.nl
> http://asteroids.marcolangbroek.nl
> -----
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:11:16 -0800 (PST)
> From: Ron Baalke <baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Near-Earth Asteroid 2012 DA14 Makes Preview
> Appearance
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com (Meteorite Mailing List)
> Message-ID: <201302142011.r1EKBGRo023879 at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
>
> http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-060
>
> Near-Earth Asteroid Makes Preview Appearance
> Jet Propulsion Laboratory
> February 14, 2013
>
> [Animation]
> This animated set of three images depicts asteroid 2012 DA14 as it was
> seen on Feb. 14, 2013 This animated set of three images depicts asteroid
> 2012 DA14 as it was seen on Feb. 14, 2013, at a distance of 465,000
> miles (748,000 kilometers). The animation was created by astronomers at
> the Remanzacco Observatory in Italy using observations obtained remotely
> from the Faulkes Telescope South in Siding Springs, Australia. Image
> Image credit: LCOGT/Faulkes
> - Full image and caption
> <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/asteroids/multimedia/asteroid2012da14i.html>
>
> Like trailers for the coming attraction, new images show asteroid 2012
> DA14 on its way to a record-close approach to Earth on Feb. 15. One
> image, taken by amateur astronomer Dave Herald of Murrumbateman,
> Australia, on Feb. 13, shows the asteroid as a tiny white dot in the
> field of view. Another set of animated images, obtained by the Faulkes
> Telescope South in Siding Springs, Australia, on Feb. 14, and animated
> by the Remanzacco Observatory in Italy, shows the asteroid as a bright
> spot moving across the night sky.
>
> These are some of many images that may be taken of the asteroid during
> its close - but safe - encounter with Earth. It will be observed by
> numerous optical observatories worldwide in an attempt to determine its
> rough shape, spin rate and composition. NASA scientists will use NASA's
> Goldstone Solar System Radar, located in California's Mojave Desert, to
> take radar images of the asteroid to determine its precise size and
> shape on Feb. 16, 18, 19 and 20. The NASA Near Earth Object Observation
> (NEOO) Program will continue to track the asteroid and predict its
> future orbit.
>
> Asteroid 2012 DA14 is about 150 feet (45 meters) in diameter. It is
> expected to fly about 17,200 miles (27,000 kilometers) above Earth's
> surface at the time of closest approach, which is about 11:25 a.m. PST
> (2:25 p.m. EST) on Feb. 15. This distance is well away from Earth and
> the swarm of low Earth-orbiting satellites, including the International
> Space Station, but it is inside the belt of satellites in geostationary
> orbit (about 22,200 miles, or 35,800 kilometers, above Earth's surface.)
> The flyby of 2012 DA14 is the closest-ever predicted approach to Earth
> for an object this large.
>
> The NASA Near Earth Object Observation (NEOO) Program detects and tracks
> asteroids and comets passing close to Earth using ground- and
> space-based telescopes. The network of projects supported by this
> program, commonly called "Spaceguard," discovers these objects,
> characterizes a subset of them and plots their orbits to determine if
> any could be potentially hazardous to our planet.
>
> The Near-Earth Object Program Office at JPL manages the technical and
> scientific activities for NASA's Near-Earth Object Observation Program
> of the Science Mission Directorate in Washington. JPL is a division of
> the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. The NEOO Program
> Office performs more precise orbit determination on the objects, and
> predicts whether any will become an impact hazard to the Earth, or any
> other planet in the solar system.
>
> More information is available at:
> http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/asteroidflyby.html .
>
> DC Agle/Jia-Rui Cook 818-393-9011/4-0850
> Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
> agle at jpl.nasa.gov / jccook at jpl.nasa.gov
>
> 2013-060
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:23:38 -0800 (PST)
> From: Ron Baalke <baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] At The Mouth of the Red Valley (Mars
> Express)
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com (Meteorite Mailing List)
> Message-ID: <201302142023.r1EKNcCp025147 at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
>
> http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/At_the_mouth_of_the_red_valley
>
> At the mouth of the red valley
> European Space Agency
> 14 February 2013
>
> [Image]
>
> ESA's Mars Express took a high-resolution stereo image on 13
> January of the southeast corner of the Amenthes Planum region on
> Mars, near to Palos crater and the mouth of a well-known sinuous
> valley, Tinto Vallis.
>
> At the bottom-centre of the full-colour image above, and up close
> in the first perspective image, is a nearby shorter and wider
> valley, which is fed by a number of tributaries before it joins
> the mouth of Tinto Vallis as both empty into Palos crater, just
> off the bottom of the image.
>
> The 190 km-long Tinto Vallis is seen in the context image and is
> named after the famous Rio Tinto river in the Andalucia region of
> Spain. It is believed to have formed around 3.7 billion years ago,
> during the early history of Mars.
>
> [Image]
> Valley feeding Palos Crater
>
> The network of shorter valleys shown in the first perspective
> image is thought to have formed through volcanic activity melting
> subsurface ice and liberating water to the martian surface via
> seeps and springs.
>
> If underground water emerges to the surface from the side of a
> slope - a process that planetary geologists call "groundwater
> sapping" - it weakens the ground above it, causing it to collapse.
> Over time, this process may lead to the formation of steep-sided
> U-shaped valleys.
>
> Groundwater sapping is believed to be responsible for erosion seen
> in many of the valley networks on the Red Planet.
>
> [Image]
> Amenthes Planum in context
>
> Another eye-catching feature is the relatively deep 35 km-wide
> crater seen in the left-hand portion of the colour, topographic
> and 3D images. Spectacular landslides along the crater's walls can
> be seen and are particularly evident along the broken southern
> (left) rim.
>
> This crater sits on top of at least three older craters, the
> largest of which is 100 km wide and dominates the whole top left
> half of the 2D and 3D anaglyph images. The western rim of this
> crater continues beyond the image frame, and can be more easily
> distinguished in the context image.
>
> [Image]
> Amenthes Planum topography
>
> The floor of this 100 km-wide crater is chaotic, with flat-topped
> geological features called mesas, and their smaller siblings,
> buttes, littering the floor. These are probably the result of the
> removal of subsurface water ice leading to the collapse of weaker
> material around them, leaving these more resistant high-sided
> features behind.
>
> On Earth, the desert regions in Utah are home to many examples of
> these types of formation.
>
> [Image]
> Trough feeding Amenthes Planum
>
> Toward the north (right) side of the 2D images, several smaller
> craters display very smooth and flat floors, from infilling by
> sediments.
>
> The darker regions to the far north and south shown most clearly
> in the first colour image are covered in wind-transported basaltic
> sands.
>
> The smooth low-lying region to the far right and shown in the
> second perspective image is a small trough that feeds into the
> broader lava field of Amenthes Planum. The trough has likely been
> modified by the outflow of material from the ancient lake that may
> have once existed in Palos crater, the rim of which can only just
> be seen at the bottom of the colour, topographic and 3D images.
>
> This smooth, channel-like feature brushes against the rim of a 30
> km-wide crater, and both have been covered with dark wind-blown
> materials.
>
> [Image]
> Amenthes Planum in 3D
>
> With these recent images, Mars Express continues to show the
> similarities between regions on Mars with those on our home planet.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:51:26 -0500
> From: hall at meteorhall.com
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Book of Australia/Wolf Creek Crater
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Message-ID:
> <56185ef7288230b3817e8b27e70bad9a.squirrel at emailmg.ipage.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1
>
> I just finished a rather enjoyable old book by Arthur W. Upfield, "The
> Will Of The Tribe", that has as a central feature Wolf Creek Crater,
> also referred to as "Lucifer's Couch". It is a book of fiction, with a
> Copyright of 1962. It provides much laughter and possibly some insight
> into the aborigines and white ranchers of the time, around the area of
> Hall's Creek and the Wolf Creek Crater.
> If you read it, you will find that "Mister Lamb" provides much of the
> merriment. Of course, a body is found in the crater, with the back of
> the head bashed in. This is a Mystery book, after all. Loads of fun.
> Fred Hall
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:32:19 -0800
> From: "Rob Wesel" <nakhladog at comcast.net>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Best. Fireball. Ever.
> To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Message-ID: <612B9F4219154E15A122311EF3539032 at RobOffice>
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> reply-type=original
>
> Just came through, check the video.
>
> http://rt.com/news/meteorite-crash-urals-chelyabinsk-283/
>
> Rob Wesel
> ------------------
> Nakhla Dog Meteorites
> www.nakhladogmeteorites.com
> www.facebook.com/Nakhla.Dog.Meteorites
> www.facebook.com/Rob.Wesel
> ------------------
> We are the music makers...
> and we are the dreamers of the dreams.
> Willy Wonka, 1971
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:40:52 -0500
> From: Yinan Wang <veomega at gmail.com>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Russian Meteor event?
> To: METEORITE LIST <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Message-ID:
> <CALpO9HeokaWQBtrfHcsOHK_VWtM99yDNkdicHr-dC0wv=TxyEQ at mail.gmail.com>
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>
> Hey List,
>
> Anyone hearing reports of a major meteor in Russia in the past few
> hours? Supposedly large shockwave blew out windows.
>
> Some interesting videos have been popping up on youtube, judge for
> yourself:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c-0iwBEswE
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5xMYRBpLSI
>
> -Yinan
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 10
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:00:14 -0700
> From: <valparint at aol.com>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Message-ID: <AE0C2BA2FC4C4D56BB8B56354CD8F2C3 at Seuthopolis>
> Content-Type: text/plain
>
> Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Unclassified NWA
>
> Contributed by: plagioklas
>
> http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 11
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:16:40 -0600
> From: "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Russian Meteor event?
> To: "Yinan Wang" <veomega at gmail.com>, "METEORITE LIST"
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Message-ID: <F0DBD0E5DF2A41FCA981B892BB63F167 at ATARIENGINE2>
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> reply-type=original
>
> Pieces on the ground?
>
> http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/national_world&id=8993349
> "The ministry said some fragments fell near the
> town of Satka, about 200 kilometers (120 miles)
> from the regional capital city of Chelyabinsk."
>
> Sterling K. Webb
> -------------------------------------------------------
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Yinan Wang" <veomega at gmail.com>
> To: "METEORITE LIST" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 11:40 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Russian Meteor event?
>
>
>> Hey List,
>>
>> Anyone hearing reports of a major meteor in Russia in the past few
>> hours? Supposedly large shockwave blew out windows.
>>
>> Some interesting videos have been popping up on youtube, judge for
>> yourself:
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c-0iwBEswE
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5xMYRBpLSI
>>
>> -Yinan
>> ______________________________________________
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 12
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 02:54:53 -0500 (EST)
> From: wahlperry at aol.com
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Discovery of new Arizona meteorite
> strewnfield from Casa Grande Fireball June 1998
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Message-ID: <8CFD968DF9F79E0-18CC-3043D at webmail-m182.sysops.aol.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
>
>
> Hi List,
>
> Here is a link to the story of our new discovery. I want to be sure
> anyone going into this area uses upmost caution for their safety.
>
> Sonny
>
>
> http://www.nevadameteorites.com/nevadameteorites/New_AZ_Meteorite_Sonny_Clary.html
>
>
>
> For more information on the location of this strewnfield please refer
> the Galactic Analytics website
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 13
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:30:50 +0000
> From: Mark Ford <mark.ford at southernscientific.co.uk>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Russian Meteor event?
> To: "Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com"
> <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Message-ID: <3D7A674A041FFB4DBA68772C82FB4A079ED152F8 at GAMMA2.ssl.atw>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
>
> WOW - this Looks absolutely massive!
>
> Major damage to entire buildings, causing fires and roof collapse. - This
> could easily be the biggest fall in living memory!
>
>
>
> Mark Ford
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Sterling
> K. Webb
> Sent: 15 February 2013 07:17
> To: Yinan Wang; METEORITE LIST
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Russian Meteor event?
>
> Pieces on the ground?
>
> http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/national_world&id=8993349
> "The ministry said some fragments fell near the town of Satka, about 200
> kilometers (120 miles) from the regional capital city of Chelyabinsk."
>
> Sterling K. Webb
> -------------------------------------------------------
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Yinan Wang" <veomega at gmail.com>
> To: "METEORITE LIST" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 11:40 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Russian Meteor event?
>
>
>> Hey List,
>>
>> Anyone hearing reports of a major meteor in Russia in the past few
>> hours? Supposedly large shockwave blew out windows.
>>
>> Some interesting videos have been popping up on youtube, judge for
>> yourself:
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c-0iwBEswE
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5xMYRBpLSI
>>
>> -Yinan
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> Message: 14
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:59:19 +1100
> From: Robin Whittle <rw at firstpr.com.au>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Russian Meteor event?
> To: METEORITE LIST <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Cc: "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>
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> 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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> Message: 15
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:36:20 +0100
> From: Carsten Giessler <Carsten.Giessler at t-online.de>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Russian Meteor Event
> To: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
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> Breathless at the moment, this looks really massive. I hear of reports
> in the news that there are more than
> 400 injured people?
>
> http://www.bild.de/news/ausland/meteoriteneinschlag/meteorit-einschlag-russland-verletzte-28539770.bild.html
>
> There are sounds at the end of the video.
>
> Best greetings,
>
> Carsten
>
>
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> Message: 16
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:41:00 +0100
> From: Carsten Giessler <Carsten.Giessler at t-online.de>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Russian Meteor Event
> To: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
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> another video:
>
> http://nachrichten.t-online.de/ural-hunderte-verletzte-bei-meteoritenregen-in-russland/id_62173948/index
>
> Best greetings,
>
> Carsten
>
>
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> Message: 17
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:13:53 +0200
> From: Claudiu Tanaselia <claudiu.tanaselia at icia.ro>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Russian Meteor Event
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
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> "More than 150 people have sought medical help in one of three Russian
> regions hit by a meteorite shower on Friday, the Interior Ministry
> reported.
> Dozens of people suffered cuts from broken glass as the meteorites
> smashed windows in numerous buildings across the Chelyabinsk Region, but
> ?no-one suffered serious injuries,? the Interior Ministry said."
>
> From here: http://en.rian.ru/science/20130215/179481989.html
>
> On 15.02.2013 10:36, Carsten Giessler wrote:
>> Breathless at the moment, this looks really massive. I hear of reports
>> in the news that there are more than
>> 400 injured people?
>>
>> http://www.bild.de/news/ausland/meteoriteneinschlag/meteorit-einschlag-russland-verletzte-28539770.bild.html
>>
>>
>>
>> There are sounds at the end of the video.
>>
>> Best greetings,
>>
>> Carsten
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> Message: 18
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:38:12 -0800 (PST)
> From: drtanuki <drtanuki at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Russian Meteor Event
> To: Claudiu Tanaselia <claudiu.tanaselia at icia.ro>,
> meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
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> RT (Russia Today) in phoine interview just said that local police have said
> more than 500 injuries at hopsital.... live interview in a few minutes
>
>
> --- On Fri, 2/15/13, Claudiu Tanaselia <claudiu.tanaselia at icia.ro> wrote:
>
>> From: Claudiu Tanaselia <claudiu.tanaselia at icia.ro>
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Russian Meteor Event
>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Date: Friday, February 15, 2013, 6:13 PM
>> "More than 150 people have sought
>> medical help in one of three Russian regions hit by a
>> meteorite shower on Friday, the Interior Ministry reported.
>> Dozens of people suffered cuts from broken glass as the
>> meteorites smashed windows in numerous buildings across the
>> Chelyabinsk Region, but ?no-one suffered serious
>> injuries,? the Interior Ministry said."
>>
>> From here: http://en.rian.ru/science/20130215/179481989.html
>>
>> On 15.02.2013 10:36, Carsten Giessler wrote:
>> > Breathless at the moment, this looks really massive. I
>> hear of reports in the news that there are more than
>> > 400 injured people?
>> >
>> > http://www.bild.de/news/ausland/meteoriteneinschlag/meteorit-einschlag-russland-verletzte-28539770.bild.html
>>
>> >
>> > There are sounds at the end of the video.
>> >
>> > Best greetings,
>> >
>> > Carsten
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> Message: 19
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:54:19 +0000
> From: Graham Ensor <graham.ensor at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Russian Meteor Event
> To: drtanuki <drtanuki at yahoo.com>
> Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
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> Awesome.....looks like injuries will be from the broken glass as the
> windows were blown in....where in Russia has this come down?
>
> Graham
>
> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 9:38 AM, drtanuki <drtanuki at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> RT (Russia Today) in phoine interview just said that local police have
>> said more than 500 injuries at hopsital.... live interview in a few
>> minutes
>>
>>
>> --- On Fri, 2/15/13, Claudiu Tanaselia <claudiu.tanaselia at icia.ro> wrote:
>>
>>> From: Claudiu Tanaselia <claudiu.tanaselia at icia.ro>
>>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Russian Meteor Event
>>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>> Date: Friday, February 15, 2013, 6:13 PM
>>> "More than 150 people have sought
>>> medical help in one of three Russian regions hit by a
>>> meteorite shower on Friday, the Interior Ministry reported.
>>> Dozens of people suffered cuts from broken glass as the
>>> meteorites smashed windows in numerous buildings across the
>>> Chelyabinsk Region, but ?no-one suffered serious
>>> injuries,? the Interior Ministry said."
>>>
>>> From here: http://en.rian.ru/science/20130215/179481989.html
>>>
>>> On 15.02.2013 10:36, Carsten Giessler wrote:
>>> > Breathless at the moment, this looks really massive. I
>>> hear of reports in the news that there are more than
>>> > 400 injured people?
>>> >
>>> > http://www.bild.de/news/ausland/meteoriteneinschlag/meteorit-einschlag-russland-verletzte-28539770.bild.html
>>>
>>> >
>>> > There are sounds at the end of the video.
>>> >
>>> > Best greetings,
>>> >
>>> > Carsten
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> Message: 20
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:55:32 -0800
> From: Bruce Wegmann <brucewegmann at gmail.com>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Russian Meteorite event
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
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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.
>
>
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> Message: 21
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 02:05:06 -0800 (PST)
> From: drtanuki <drtanuki at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] RT live russia
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
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> http://rt.com/on-air/
>
>
>
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> Message: 22
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 02:48:23 -0800 (PST)
> From: drtanuki <drtanuki at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] RT NEWS Asteroid event 15FEB2013
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
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> http://rt.com/news/meteorite-crash-urals-chelyabinsk-283/
>
>
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> Message: 23
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:28:00 -0500
> From: Felipe Guajardo <felipeg36 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Russian Meteorite Event
> To: "meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com"
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> The videos are incredible! So according to the New York Times the police
> have found 3 large pieces on the ground and that they're looking for more.
> Anyone going to Russia?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 24
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:24:12 +0000
> From: Mark Ford <mark.ford at southernscientific.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Russian Meteorite Event
> To: "Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com"
> <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
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> Casualties up to 525..
>
> I've just done an interview with the Guardian :
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/feb/15/meteorite-explodes-over-russian-urals-live-updates?intcmp=122
>
>
> Mark Ford
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 25
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:52:33 +0000
> From: Graham Ensor <graham.ensor at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Russian Meteor event?
> To: Mark Ford <mark.ford at southernscientific.co.uk>
> Cc: "Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com"
> <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
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> >From what I have seen so far the damage is probably all from the
> shockwave bringing down walls/roof and blowing in windows.....the
> actual impact/meteorite may have caused much less damage....seems to
> be a couple of good pictures here of a picture of it entering the
> atmosphere from a satellite and a possible impact on ice in a lake?!!
>
> http://rt.com/news/russia-meteor-meteorite-asteroid-chelyabinsk-291/
>
> Graham
>
> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 8:30 AM, Mark Ford
> <mark.ford at southernscientific.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> WOW - this Looks absolutely massive!
>>
>> Major damage to entire buildings, causing fires and roof collapse. - This
>> could easily be the biggest fall in living memory!
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark Ford
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
>> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Sterling
>> K. Webb
>> Sent: 15 February 2013 07:17
>> To: Yinan Wang; METEORITE LIST
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Russian Meteor event?
>>
>> Pieces on the ground?
>>
>> http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/national_world&id=8993349
>> "The ministry said some fragments fell near the town of Satka, about 200
>> kilometers (120 miles) from the regional capital city of Chelyabinsk."
>>
>> Sterling K. Webb
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Yinan Wang" <veomega at gmail.com>
>> To: "METEORITE LIST" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 11:40 PM
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Russian Meteor event?
>>
>>
>>> Hey List,
>>>
>>> Anyone hearing reports of a major meteor in Russia in the past few
>>> hours? Supposedly large shockwave blew out windows.
>>>
>>> Some interesting videos have been popping up on youtube, judge for
>>> yourself:
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c-0iwBEswE
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5xMYRBpLSI
>>>
>>> -Yinan
>>> ______________________________________________
>>>
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> Message: 26
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:55:15 +0000
> From: Graham Ensor <graham.ensor at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Russian Meteor event?
> To: Robin Whittle <rw at firstpr.com.au>
> Cc: "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>, METEORITE LIST
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
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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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