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Meteor blast over Bering Sea was 10 times size of Hiroshima
Posted on 3/18/19 at 9:40 pm
Posted on 3/18/19 at 9:40 pm
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A meteor explosion over the Bering Sea late last year unleashed 10 times as much energy as the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima, scientists have revealed.
The fireball tore across the sky off Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula on 18 December and released energy equivalent to 173 kilotons of TNT. It was the largest air blast since another meteor hurtled into the atmosphere over Chelyabinsk, in Russia’s south-west, six years ago, and the second largest in the past 30 years.
Unlike the Chelyabinsk meteor, which was captured on CCTV, mobile phones and car dashboard cameras, the December arrival from outer space went largely unnoticed at the time because it exploded in such a remote location.
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The space agency’s analysis shows that the meteor, probably a few metres wide, barrelled into Earth’s atmosphere at 72,000mph and exploded at an altitude of 16 miles. The blast released about 40% of the energy of the meteor explosion over Chelyabinsk, according to Kelly Fast, Nasa’s near-Earth objects observations programme manager, who spoke at the 50th Lunar and Planetary Science conference near Houston.
A meteor explosion over the Bering Sea late last year unleashed 10 times as much energy as the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima, scientists have revealed.
The fireball tore across the sky off Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula on 18 December and released energy equivalent to 173 kilotons of TNT. It was the largest air blast since another meteor hurtled into the atmosphere over Chelyabinsk, in Russia’s south-west, six years ago, and the second largest in the past 30 years.
Unlike the Chelyabinsk meteor, which was captured on CCTV, mobile phones and car dashboard cameras, the December arrival from outer space went largely unnoticed at the time because it exploded in such a remote location.
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The space agency’s analysis shows that the meteor, probably a few metres wide, barrelled into Earth’s atmosphere at 72,000mph and exploded at an altitude of 16 miles. The blast released about 40% of the energy of the meteor explosion over Chelyabinsk, according to Kelly Fast, Nasa’s near-Earth objects observations programme manager, who spoke at the 50th Lunar and Planetary Science conference near Houston.
Posted on 3/18/19 at 9:41 pm to DavidTheGnome
I wish it had hit you.
Posted on 3/18/19 at 9:42 pm to DavidTheGnome
Wasted opportunity to harness interstellar energy
Posted on 3/18/19 at 9:43 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
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Wasted opportunity to harness interstellar energy
Why don't we harness lightning strikes?
Posted on 3/18/19 at 9:52 pm to DavidTheGnome
Any consequences from a 173 kiloton blast 16 miles above the earth? Weird radiation? Weather phenomena? Etc
Posted on 3/18/19 at 9:53 pm to DavidTheGnome
Russian propaganda.
Probably wasn't much more than a tiny shooting star
Probably wasn't much more than a tiny shooting star
Posted on 3/18/19 at 10:02 pm to DavidTheGnome
Look up the Tunguska Event.
Posted on 3/18/19 at 10:02 pm to Celery
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Any consequences from a 173 kiloton blast 16 miles above the earth? Weird radiation? Weather phenomena? Etc
Nah I doubt it. It’s not radioactive and any effects to the weather would be very localized and quickly returned to normal.
Posted on 3/18/19 at 10:03 pm to DavidTheGnome
Russia always gets these. I guess high latitudes and vast expanse from east to west opens you up for that.
Posted on 3/18/19 at 10:06 pm to DavidTheGnome
Will it be mentioned in the Mueller report?
Posted on 3/18/19 at 10:07 pm to DavidTheGnome
quote:Tell us all, once someone has killed once, do you think that it is easier for them to do it the next time?
Nah I doubt it. It’s not radioactive and any effects to the weather would be very localized and quickly returned to normal.
Posted on 3/18/19 at 10:15 pm to soccerfüt
16 miles above earth is space
Posted on 3/18/19 at 10:16 pm to DavidTheGnome
How come these things always hit Russia?
Posted on 3/18/19 at 10:17 pm to DavidTheGnome
Okay.
Seriously.
What is it about Russia that is attracting these air bombs?
Seriously.
What is it about Russia that is attracting these air bombs?
Posted on 3/18/19 at 10:17 pm to The Boat
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Tunguska Event.
Cause of the Nazi Zombies
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