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ivica · Posted: Fri 15 Feb, 2013 6:05 am

A meteorite... Ural area... this morning.

More videos/news:
http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2013/02/14/what-is-happening-in-chelyabinsk/

Background info:
"Asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass inside the geosynchronous satellite ring, located about 35,800 km above the equator. Its orbit about the sun can bring it no closer to the Earth's surface than 3.2 Earth radii on February 15, 2013."
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news174.html

"Russian news reports noted that the meteor hit less than a day before the asteroid 2012 DA14 is to make the closest recorded pass of an asteroid -- about 17,150 miles (28,000 kilometers)."
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_RUSSIA_METEORITE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Weird... Think

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Laaz · Posted: Fri 15 Feb, 2013 9:50 am

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ivica · Posted: Fri 15 Feb, 2013 12:06 pm

Live updates:
http://rt.com/news/russia-meteor-meteorite-asteroid-chelyabinsk-291/

Loosing windows seems as a minor damage,
imagine that with temp below freezing. brrr

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ivica · Posted: Fri 15 Feb, 2013 5:08 pm

Fly-by of Asteroid 2012 DA14 on NASA TV, right now:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

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