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sakeneko
Joined: Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:22 am Posts: 603 Location: Reno, NV
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The Meteor Strike in Russia....
Seen today on Twitter:
In Soviet Russia, space explores you.
[leaving quickly]
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PeterScott
Heinlein Nexus
Joined: Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:10 am Posts: 2236 Location: Pacific NorthWest
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Re: The Meteor Strike in Russia....
I figure that event at least doubled the interest in the asteroid fly-by a few hours later.
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Fri Feb 15, 2013 11:49 pm |
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JamesGifford
PITA Bred
Joined: Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:17 pm Posts: 2402 Location: The Quiet Earth
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Re: The Meteor Strike in Russia....
Good time to re-read the first chapter of Rendezvous with Rama, if it's on a nearby shelf.
_________________ "Hier stehe ich. Ich kann nicht anders." - Luther In the end, I found Heinlein is finite. Thus, finite analysis is needed.
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DavidWrightSr
Joined: Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:24 am Posts: 265 Location: Northwest Georgia
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Re: The Meteor Strike in Russia....
My wife pointed out to me that it was a very good thing that this didn't happen 60 or so years ago. How do you think the Soviets would have reacted at that time?
Would we have been as lucky to have something like this happen again?
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Sat Feb 16, 2013 7:28 am |
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sakeneko
Joined: Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:22 am Posts: 603 Location: Reno, NV
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Re: The Meteor Strike in Russia....
I do need to dig out my copy of Rendevous with Rama and reread the book. It's been a few years, and was a favorite of mine in high school when I read it right after it came out and the school library obtained a copy. It has worn well; I still like the book.
The combination of the unusually destructive meteor strike in Russia with the near-miss by the asteroid was spooky. I can almost understand why a Russian priest in the city of Yekaterinberg (couple hundred miles north of where the meteor struck) is claiming that it was a sign from God, although I'm skeptical (to put it mildly) of such pronouncements. It *was* an amazing coincidence that the two happened within hours of each other. I wonder if I was the only one who thought of the Tungusku event....
I expect that there will be more interest than usual in meteor strikes for a while. Today one lit up the skies over the San Francisco Bay area and made it into the local and regional news channels.
_________________ Catherine Jefferson <ctiydspmrz@ergosphere.net> Home Page: http://www.ergosphere.net
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JamesGifford
PITA Bred
Joined: Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:17 pm Posts: 2402 Location: The Quiet Earth
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Sat Feb 16, 2013 11:50 am |
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beamjockey
Centennial Attendee
Joined: Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:46 am Posts: 545 Location: Aurora, IL, USA, Terra
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Re: The Meteor Strike in Russia....
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Sat Feb 16, 2013 1:03 pm |
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DavidWrightSr
Joined: Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:24 am Posts: 265 Location: Northwest Georgia
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Re: The Meteor Strike in Russia....
I am bothered by some conflicting reports. I first heard that the damage was all from the shock wave of the meteor caused by its excessive, but now almost everyone is saying that the meteor exploded some 8-12 miles up like the Tunguska event.
Well, Tunguska flattened over 80 million trees and to the best of my knowledge, there was no crater.
This event apparently did cause a crater in a frozen lake, and I have seen no reports anywhere of any damage being caused by any flattening which I believe would have occurred in at least a few buildings if that had been the case, and no reports of any trees being downed in a fashion similar to Tunguska.
All of this is speculative, but what do you think?
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Sat Feb 16, 2013 3:09 pm |
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JamesGifford
PITA Bred
Joined: Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:17 pm Posts: 2402 Location: The Quiet Earth
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