[meteorite-list] Russia mega meteor and asteroid 2012DA14 related, yes I think so...

From: Michael Farmer <mike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:23:46 -0700
Message-ID: <1D5B6EC6-A039-4927-A7DE-33D8592E85D1_at_meteoriteguy.com>

Wow.

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On Feb 15, 2013, at 9:21 PM, Jodie Reynolds <spacerocks at spaceballoon.org> wrote:

> Hello Bj?rn,
>
> Ok, what _evidence_ do you have to the contrary?
>
> /DA14's trajectory is trivially established precisely. Show us this
> new body matches that trajectory. It either does or it doesn't. You
> are claiming it does, so now you need to present your case.
>
> Finger-pointing and innuendo does not a falsifiable argument make.
>
> --- Jodie
>
>
> Friday, February 15, 2013, 7:56:16 PM, you wrote:
>
>
>
>> All the various arguments against it being a connection between the russian
>> meteor of today and the asteroid passage also today of 2012 DA14 are quite
>> shallow and actually faulty. The closest passage of a very large asteroid
>> object ever and the the most damaging (for humans) meteorite fall ever in
>> the same day and they are not related?? That is a joke! Added to this, can
>> anyone with good knowledge (exact information) of the geometry of the two
>> trajectories of these bodies just compare them? The best knowledge I got
>> (from International Meteor Organization IMO) is pointing towards them being
>> exact parallell, which would in effect exclude them from not being related.
>> An object coming in shallow path from south could easily enter Russia from
>> northeast in the morning. The earth rotates continuously and therefore
>> entry from northeast is easily attainable. NASA (to the degree they have
>> made a final verdict) is in error here. Unfortunately the world press has
>> too little scientific background to counter an error from NASA and follow
>> it as a flock of drowsy geese. Sorry but this is the situation in this case!
>> Psychologically, I think this is a case (on the the part of NASA) as -
>> DON't you grab MY puppy!! (being incidentally asteroid 2012 DA14) Well,
>> Russia did just that, and the US reaction followed - not the first time
>> actually...
>
>> Bj?rn S?rheim
>
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> --
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