Metioroid hits Russia.
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 9:43 amRather scary stuff! Meteoroid hits in Russia!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... 0Omh7_I8vI
Here's the story from Reuters
MOSCOW—A flaming meteorite plunged to earth in Russia's Ural Mountains Friday, smashing windows and injuring around 500 people.
Amateur videos broadcast on state television showed an object streaking across the sky around 9:20 a.m. local time before bursting into a fireball. Residents in the city of Chelyabinsk, the largest in the affected region, described a shock wave from the meteorite that blew in doors and smashed glass
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A contrail above an apartment block in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk; Russian officials said a meteorite or a shower of meteorites fell in the area, collapsing one roof and causing more than 100 injuries.
"There was a bright flash and three or four seconds later the building shook as if from an explosion," said a woman who answered the phone at the city administration but declined to give her name. "Many people were cut by glass. We didn't understand what was happening. We thought an airplane had come down."
A meteorite flew across the sky over Russia's Ural Mountains, showering fragments of rock over the area and causing explosions. More than 400 people were injured as the debris fell to the ground, many of them hurt by broken glass. Photo: Associated Press
Asteroid Fly-by
Prior to the unexpected meteorite strike in Russia Friday, scientists had predicted that a separate asteroid would pass by earth, missing by 17,150 miles, in the closest known fly-by for a rock of its size. Read More.
The Emergency Situations Ministry said around 500 people requested medical attention, mostly for cuts. Roughly 100 people were hospitalized with injuries. Around 300 buildings were damaged by the blast, which blew a hole in the walls of a metals factory in Chelyabinsk, approximately 1,500 kilometers east of Moscow.
"There's no major destruction," Chelyabinsk regional Governor Mikhail Yuyevich wrote on his blog. "The main task now is to maintain heat in the apartments and offices where the glass was smashed."
President Vladimir Putin ordered the emergency situations minister to provide help for those affected.
Search teams are looking for the remains of the asteroid. State television showed one burning crater, saying it could be the landing site of the meteorite.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... 0Omh7_I8vI
Here's the story from Reuters
MOSCOW—A flaming meteorite plunged to earth in Russia's Ural Mountains Friday, smashing windows and injuring around 500 people.
Amateur videos broadcast on state television showed an object streaking across the sky around 9:20 a.m. local time before bursting into a fireball. Residents in the city of Chelyabinsk, the largest in the affected region, described a shock wave from the meteorite that blew in doors and smashed glass
Reuters
A contrail above an apartment block in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk; Russian officials said a meteorite or a shower of meteorites fell in the area, collapsing one roof and causing more than 100 injuries.
"There was a bright flash and three or four seconds later the building shook as if from an explosion," said a woman who answered the phone at the city administration but declined to give her name. "Many people were cut by glass. We didn't understand what was happening. We thought an airplane had come down."
A meteorite flew across the sky over Russia's Ural Mountains, showering fragments of rock over the area and causing explosions. More than 400 people were injured as the debris fell to the ground, many of them hurt by broken glass. Photo: Associated Press
Asteroid Fly-by
Prior to the unexpected meteorite strike in Russia Friday, scientists had predicted that a separate asteroid would pass by earth, missing by 17,150 miles, in the closest known fly-by for a rock of its size. Read More.
The Emergency Situations Ministry said around 500 people requested medical attention, mostly for cuts. Roughly 100 people were hospitalized with injuries. Around 300 buildings were damaged by the blast, which blew a hole in the walls of a metals factory in Chelyabinsk, approximately 1,500 kilometers east of Moscow.
"There's no major destruction," Chelyabinsk regional Governor Mikhail Yuyevich wrote on his blog. "The main task now is to maintain heat in the apartments and offices where the glass was smashed."
President Vladimir Putin ordered the emergency situations minister to provide help for those affected.
Search teams are looking for the remains of the asteroid. State television showed one burning crater, saying it could be the landing site of the meteorite.
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