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PRBuzz
02-15-2013, 06:00 AM
Luckily this wasn't the asteroid that is currently making closest appraoch to Earth.

400 injured by blasts as meteor falls in Russia - 7NEWS Boston News WHDH-TV 7NEWS WHDH.COM (http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/world/asia/10009862083971/400-injured-by-blasts-as-meteor-falls-in-russia/)

iamskippy
02-15-2013, 08:04 AM
Saw the nasa photos looks like it can do some damage.
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PaulS
02-15-2013, 09:04 AM
Wasn't the last big meteor crash in Siberia in like 1910?

JohnR
02-15-2013, 03:06 PM
Wasn't the last big meteor crash in Siberia in like 1910?


Tunguska: Tunguska event - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event)

Saltheart
02-15-2013, 05:15 PM
Of all the improbable things to get you , imagine getting hit by a meteor!!??:confused:

PRBuzz
02-15-2013, 05:19 PM
They are saying now that the meteorite MAY have been at some time been part of and calved from the asteroid that passed by today, so not necessarily a coincidence!

JackK
02-27-2013, 08:13 AM
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This had me howling

iamskippy
02-27-2013, 08:18 AM
Tastefully Offensive: SNL: Russian Meteorite Observer Olya Povlatsky (http://www.tastefullyoffensive.com/2013/02/snl-russian-meteor-observer-olya.html)

This had me howling

I got a Malware warning from this site! Clickers beware.

JackK
02-27-2013, 08:28 AM
Ouch! Let me find another link. Funny... I don't get a flag on that site, but I do on the nbc.com site... go figure

SNL: Olya Povlatsky, Russian Meteor Observer | Video on Clip Nation (http://clipnation.com/snl-russian-meteor/)

Or just searching "SNL russian meteor girl" should pull it up..

PRBuzz
02-27-2013, 08:51 AM
Might have to change the name of this thread to Target Mars?

Comet just might hit Mars in 2014 - Science (http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/26/17107085-comet-just-might-hit-mars-in-2014?lite)

Check out the current size estimates: "the diameter up to 50 kilometers [30 miles], the energy of impact might reach the equivalent of staggering 2×10^10 megatons!"