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February 15th 13, 08:29 AM
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250 hurt in Russia by...meteorite shower!!
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February 15th 13, 04:07 PM
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On Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:29:27 -0800 (PST), RichA
wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21468116 Unsurprisingly, there's not much to suggest any damage from meteorites, or even that there was a meteorite shower. The damage and injuries resulted from the overpressure event caused by the atmospheric disruption of a meteor.
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February 15th 13, 04:41 PM
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February 15th 13, 09:32 PM
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On Feb 15, 11:07*am, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:29:27 -0800 (PST), RichA wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21468116 Unsurprisingly, there's not much to suggest any damage from meteorites, or even that there was a meteorite shower. The damage and injuries resulted from the overpressure event caused by the atmospheric disruption of a meteor. Must have been a pretty good blast(s) given the height it blew up at.
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February 15th 13, 09:40 PM
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On Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:32:38 -0800 (PST), RichA
wrote: Must have been a pretty good blast(s) given the height it blew up at. It probably exploded at around 20 km height, with an energy approaching 0.5 MT. That's enough to blow out windows, for sure.
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