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

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 12:31:40 -0700
Message-ID: <511FDE9C.3030108_at_alumni.caltech.edu>

The orbital elements are precisely known for DA14, and the estimated
elements for the meteor are certainly not far off. You don't understand
orbital dynamics at all if you believe these two bodies could have been
in parallel orbits. They were not. There is no plausible mechanism that
could have resulted in a piece of DA14 ending up in a radically
different orbit. You appear to be focusing on the location of the impact
and the location of the asteroid. What is relevant is the paths they
were in, and that is known.

If you want to run around sounding like some sort of conspiracy nut,
knock yourself out (as well as your so-called anonymous "expert"). These
events were unrelated. That is as certain as anything can be.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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On 2/16/2013 12:04 PM, Bjorn Sorheim wrote:
>
> I must be starting praying for you MIke!!?
> That's the most clueless article about these events I have ever seen.
> Or someone purporting to know anything about celestial mechanics.
> Wired and author Helene McLaughlin doesn't know a thing about celestial
> mechanics.
> The diagram is totally wrong, and the explanation about their paths is
> a TOTAL misunderstanding.
> As I have been trying to convey, the meteoroid falling in
> Russia (technically it is actually an asteroid as it is so big 15-17m)
> didn't originate
> from 2012DA14 while it passed the Earth! It split of way before and was
> travelling parallell
> with the mother asteroid but a long distance ahead of it and a bit over
> 2 Earth diameters
> inside its orbit.
Received on Sat 16 Feb 2013 02:31:40 PM PST