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February 15, 2015
Two years ago today, Feb 15, 2013, Earth got slammed by a 12,000 ton asteroid traveling 40,000 mph:
The Chelyabinsk Meteor - Feb 15, 2013
Posted by gerardvanderleun at February 15, 2015 3:02 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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That's a lot of energy. I'm not good at this kind of math.
Would one of our savvy commenters express that in foot-pounds put in the context of ballistics? For example where a round fired from a rifle strikes a target 200 yds downrange with so many foot pounds of energy.
If this asteroid was a projectile fired from a huge honkin' gun, hmm ... we'd be in trouble.
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at February 15, 2015 9:17 PM
Hmmmm, didn't seem to help much. Obama is still dickin' around in DC and Putin in the Ukraine. ISIL in Iraq and Halfgonastan, what can one saw. Perhaps the damn thing should have been aimed better or been bigger.
Posted by: Vermont Woodchuck at February 16, 2015 7:02 AM
I thought it was a high altitude airburst and mostly a bunch of dust and gas with just some small particles hitting the earth.
Posted by: Bill Harris at February 16, 2015 7:13 AM
Bill, er, do you mean pixilated?
Posted by: chasmatic at February 16, 2015 9:35 PM
chas - I might, if I knew what pixilated meant.
Posted by: Bill Harris at February 17, 2015 6:57 AM