SMALL ASTEROID HITS EARTH

[Anonymous 14]

I find meteor showers fascinating. I’ve never been able to witness or be near a bolide, such as Chelyabinsk in recent years (and that was a big one). A small one did come down the other day. Enjoy.

“On Saturday, June 2nd, astronomers working with the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona discovered a small asteroid (2018 LA) near the orbit of the Moon. Hours later, it hit Earth. The boulder-sized space rock entered the atmosphere traveling 38,000 mph (17 km/s) and exploded over Botswana at 6:44 p.m. local time. A video camera at a farm near Ottosdal, South Africa, recorded the explosion. It was impressively bright even at a distance:

The explosion sent waves of low-frequency sound (infrasound) rippling through the atmosphere, and it was detected by an infrasound monitor in South Africa, deployed as part of the International Monitoring System of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. Meteor expert Peter Brown of the University of Western Ontario analyzed the signals and came to these conclusions about the explosion:
“The yield was in the range 0.3 to 0.5 kilotons of TNT,” he says. “That corresponds to a 2 meter diameter asteroid.”

http://spaceweather.com/

[It’sallbsParticipant]

Well here’s hoping the next one is huge and hits soon.

http://www.leavemeansleave.eu

[GregB0Participant]

Very cool video find. No worries about the asteroid or extraterrestrial matter, there are over 320,000 pieces of “junk” orbiting the earth. While most are only dangerous to objects within it’s respective orbit, one never knows what an impact on earth might cause.

Tinfoil hats may not save you from this potential threat.

​"​My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.​" - Clarence Buddinton Kelland

[GrumpyParticipant]

Why was I hoping it was bigger and that it hit Toronto?

There was a time in my life when I gave a fuck. Now you have to pay ME for it

[Anonymous 14]

Here’s the bolide that exploded over Chelyabinsk. NASA estimates were the energy released was in the 500 kiloton range.

WARNING: Turn your sound down on this one, the shockwave is impressive, most impressive.

[Gravel PitParticipant]

Gotta respect the awesome power of nature. I’m sure yall have seen this one.

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