Russian Meteor Explosion and a Streaming Asteroid

Robert Hughey Reply 5:38 PM





Russian Meteor Explosion and View a Streaming Asteroid, 2pm

by Robert Hughey ()
(video, photos, streaming presentation)

Flames and Explosion witnessed and filmed from all over the region


Huffington Post provided this video of footage from Russia Today (RT.com) of a Meteorite Crashing through the Urals region of Russia and exploding in the Stratosphere above the city of Chelyabinsk.
It sounds very exciting until you learn that over 900 people were injured from the schockwave that followed that huge explosion of the meteorite's combustion in the Earth's high atmosphere.


It's estimated that over 3000 buildings were damaged from the explosion, and current estimates by the Russian Space Agency have the "space object," as they are deeming it, at around 10 metric tonnes.

That's one hell of a big rock.

Non-Technogenic Orign

Of particular note,at least I thought it was interesting anyway, the Russians have continued to stress in their communications regarding the "space object" that fell to the sky is "non-technogenic" in origin. Technogenic? My spell checker doesn't like that word very much, but I think the point they wish to stress is that it wasn't a man-made satellite, an airplane or a space craft UFO from another world...or a missile...which is something several organizations in Russia believe may have been the cause of the explosion, though there is debate among the conspiracy theorists of the Eastern Hemisphere as to whether it was a missile that was the original problem and caused the blast or if perhaps the air defenses of Russia kicked in and struck the space object causing the massive explosion.

The fact that this happened in Russia brings to mind what is called the Tunguska event . This was in 1908, when a meteorite exploded over the Siberian region of Russia in the early 20th Century , where the blast4 was said was to approach the size of the Atomic bomb the United States dropped over Hiroshima in World War II. It's thought that if the Tunguska Meteor had arrived four hours later than it did, it could have reduced St. Petersburg to rubble, rather than leveling 800 square miles of forestland.

The people of the Urals Region have a bit of a repair before them, and I hope they recover quickly. It is believed that this meteor may be connected to a certain asteroid 2012 DA14, which measures 45 to 95 meters across, and yes, it is the one that will be extremely close to the Earth - and will be passing by Earth today at around 2:25 pm. Eastern Time, and 2012 DA14 at the record close range of 17,150 miles. We have a lot of asteroids coming extremely close to Earth this year, and we have a couple comets that'll be coming near later in the year. Remember: it's an asteroid until it enters the Earth's atmosphere, and then it's a meteor. After it impacts, the rock is called a meteorite. That one will also be passing by on the opposite side of the world, so there's no chance of us getting to see it. unless you follow along on NASA's Feed...
Interested in following along?

It just so happens that I have that Ustream Feed of the Asteroid passing by right here:

Live video from your Android device on Ustream
Meteorite Crash ChelyabinskThat's going to be quite a show, or so I believe. I know there are people in Russia who are likely not as excited at the prospect of an asteroid half the size of a Football field coming anywhere near their side of the planet. Watch the Stream Friday February 15th, at 2pm.

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