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Russian Meteorite Impact Captured on Security Camera

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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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  • rodbowler 20 November 2013 23:49
    As I recall, there were no fatalties, and the worst building damage was a collapsed factory roof.
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  • will1220 20 November 2013 23:50
    Umm... I don't know where you get your information but zero deaths have been reported due to the Chelyabinsk meteor.
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  • rodbowler 20 November 2013 23:56
    As I recall, there were no fatalties, and the worst building damage was a collapsed factory roof.
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  • rodbowler 20 November 2013 23:57
    It would appear that refresing the page caused a double post. Sorry about that...
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  • dalethepcman 21 November 2013 00:03
    wow, awesome reporting. nothing like confusing Chelyabinsk and tunguska...
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  • popatim 21 November 2013 01:50
    Was this a slow news day or what? 11 month old news on the front page...
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  • Draven35 21 November 2013 09:27
    $33 million is total damage is nothing to laugh at, good thing it didn't actually impact.
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  • MaxTesla 21 November 2013 14:12
    @rodbowler

    @will1220

    You both need to learn how to read.

    In the text, it is said that the BOMB killed many people NOT the big rock
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  • zarf42 21 November 2013 15:55
    @MaxTesla: Rod and Will are right, you just aren't diagramming the sentences correctly. Read the following:

    "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.
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  • nezzymighty 21 November 2013 17:00
    As the title suggests... the meteorite was Russian in origin?... "Russian Meteorite Impact Captured on Security Camera"... should it not read "Meteorite Impact Captured by a Security Camera in Russia"?
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