Meteorite Explodes in Russia

[Sanctus]

A meteorite fell in Russia earlier this morning exploding in mid-air. It shattered glass and injured hundreds of people. Crazy stuff guys.
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[=sw=warlord]

I thought that asteroid was supposed to fly by tonight?
I remember reading there was an asteroid due to fly by earth sometime tonight which was considered a "city buster".

[DarkHalo003]

In Soviet Russia, troposphere breaks up asteroid.

[Sanctus]

I thought that asteroid was supposed to fly by tonight?
I remember reading there was an asteroid due to fly by earth sometime tonight which was considered a "city buster".

2012abunchofletters is supposed to fly by tonight, and that asteroid is quite a bit larger. This was a smaller, unrelated meteorite.

Known facts so far:
-Meteorite was 10-tons, 2 meters across
-Trajectory was over the Ural Mountains
-Nearly 1000 people were injured
-3,000 buildings were damaged

There's already a wikipedia article on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Russian_meteor_event

[Sanctus]

LOL: "One of the most popular jokes was that the meteorite was supposed to fall on Dec. 21 last year — when many believed the Mayan calendar predicted the end of the world — but was delivered late by Russia’s notoriously inefficient postal service."

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/meteorite-falls-in-russias-chelyabinsk-region-damage-and-casualties-unclear/2013/02/15/7041c0c8-7732-11e2-b102-948929030e64_story_1.html

[TVTyrant]

Clearly this is all part of America's master plan for global domination

[Tnnaas]

http://i.imgur.com/HmYu2qa.png

I'm relieved that they were able to save it.

[Kornman00]

It's as if the FSM wanted us to have a taste of what we're missing with that astroid missing Earth

[Limited]

In Soviet Russia, space explore you.

Saw videos earlier today, insane event but also breathtaking. I knew they'd be hundreds of dashcams that recorded it :D Anywhere else in the world and it wouldnt have as good footage.

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

Looks like another one hit cuba today

http://beforeitsnews.com/space/2013/02/meteor-crashes-in-cuba-day-after-russia-fireball-2454428.html


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[DarkHalo003]

That wasn't a meteorite silly, that was a failed attempt at a rocket launch. Silly modern communist countries, you're modern communists, you can't shoot rockets.

[Bodzilla]

yeah saw a shitload of vids of it yesterday. It's nuts.

especially the vid thats no in the car so you can hear it explode. It's like a fucking bomb explodes, it's insane.

[Amit]

http://i.qkme.me/3t0bn7.jpg

[Patrickssj6]

so that's where NKs rocket went

[DarkHalo003]

so that's where NKs rocket went
^

[Sanctus]

"Whoops, wrong direction guys."

[Warsaw]

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Nationalist State Duma Vice-Chairman and former presidential candidate Vladimir Zhirinovsky, offered what the Washington Post described as his own conspiracy theory, that "Those were not meteorites, it was Americans testing their new weapons".

[Cortexian]

Americans have America to test their new weapons in and over. Why would we need Russia?

[Patrickssj6]

Americans have America, Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Iraq to test their new weapons in and over. Why would we need Russia Vladimir?

Trust no one with the name Vladimir.

[Cortexian]

I think you're confusing weapons deployments with weapons testing??

[Tnnaas]

One of my friends is named Vladislav. Should I be cautious?

[Bodzilla]

slav's are nearly as bad as jewbes

[TVTyrant]

slav's are nearly as bad as jewbes
Yeah, but they're pretty high on the chain compared to Balts and Italians.

[Sanctus]

Americans have America to test their new weapons in and over. Why would we need Russia?

Lol this

[Warsaw]

Americans have America to test their new weapons in and over. Why would we need Russia?

Found it on Wikipedia. I find it amusing.

[Bodzilla]

woah bro i was talking about these

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tuCtHoVK1uk/TSEeh3bOrmI/AAAAAAAAC0I/HSKR0hgvAe0/s1600/Jubes.jpg

[=sw=warlord]

Trust no one with the name Vladimir.
Remember: No Russian.

[Sanctus]

Remember: No Homo

[n00b1n8R]

woah bro i was talking about these

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tuCtHoVK1uk/TSEeh3bOrmI/AAAAAAAAC0I/HSKR0hgvAe0/s1600/Jubes.jpg

1800-JEWCY

[Sanctus]

Just read this: http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-02/astronomers-calculate-russian-meteorites-orbit-and-realize-it-has-80-million-cousins

"The asteroid chip that became the recent meteorite came from a spot in the asteroid belt near Jupiter, about 2.5 times further from the sun than Earth is, according to NASA... At the University of Antioquia in Colombia, astronomers Jorge I. Zuluaga and Ignacio Ferrin produced a preliminary reconstruction of its orbit around the sun. It came from a well-known group of asteroids that frequently cross paths with Earth, known as the Apollo asteroids."

Looks like all those videos aided in calculating the trajectory.