Russian Meteorite Impact Captured on Security Camera
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Russian Meteorite
Asteroids and meteors have been a common topic of discussion this past year, particularly following February's massive explosion over the Russian town, Chelyabinsk. Exploding with the force of several Hiroshima bombs, the 500 kiloton boom killed townsfolk and razed buildings.
While it may be a few months after the fact, it also seems that the rock, still moving at many times the speed of sound, was captured on a household security camera. Shown above, the SETI institute video is a part of a much larger research paper archiving the damage caused by the meteor, and what we can expect down the road.
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You both need to learn how to read.
In the text, it is said that the BOMB killed many people NOT the big rock
"Asteroids and meteors have been a common topic of discussion this past year, particularly following February's massive explosion over the Russian town, Chelyabinsk. Exploding with the force of several Hiroshima bombs, the 500 kiloton boom killed townsfolk and razed buildings."
The "boom" in the second sentence is not the atomic bombing of Hiroshima (Which was equal to 16 kilotons, not 500), it's the impact of the meteor mentioned in the first sentence. Describing the impact of the Hiroshima bombing with "killed townsfolk and razed buildings" would be the understatement of the century.
Of course, we don't know what the actual force of the Chelyabinsk detonation was (The only estimate I've seen was 640 kilotons, not 500), it didn't kill anybody, and it didn't raze any buildings - this is hyperbolic falsity, the likes of which I'm not used to seeing on this site.
They always post false info and misleading topics.
Also what meteorite was all over the news at THAT TIME... why is news now for you!?