[meteorite-list] First Chelyabinsk Russia meteorite listed on eBay

From: almitt2 at localnet.com <almitt2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:26:31 -0500
Message-ID: <20130216002631.jsm73a5z3gg4w0c8_at_webmail.localnet.com>

NASA asteroid expert Don Yeomans, head of the agency's Near-Earth
Object Program Office, told SPACE.com that the object which exploded
over a thinly inhabited stretch of eastern Europe today was most likely
an _exploding fireball known as a bolide._

Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/02/15/russian-meteor-explosion-not-caused-by-asteroid-flyby-nasa-scientist-says/#ixzz2L2J50GUM

Greetings all,

Looks like bolide is STILL a relevant term according to the NASA
expert! Also until a chemical analysis of the fallen material along
with a spectra of the asteroid that is near, we won't know for certain
if there is a connection. Lets wait until evidence is in.

--AL Mitterling
Received on Sat 16 Feb 2013 12:26:31 AM PST