Russian Meteorite Impact Captured on Security Camera
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Daniel Starkey
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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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