Apparently, at about 09:30 local time, a very big meteor burned up over Chelyabinsk, a city in Russia just east of the Ural mountains, and about 1500 kilometers east of Moscow. The fireball was incredibly bright, rivaling the Sun! There was a pretty big sonic boom from the fireball, which set off car alarms and shattered windows. I’m seeing some reports of many people injured (by shattered glass blown out by the shock wave). I’m also seeing reports that some pieces have fallen to the ground, but again as I write this those are unconfirmed.
Note: This is almost certainly unrelated to the asteroid 2012 DA14 that will pass on Friday

Gblock;1389633 wrote:almost certainly not related? i dont know exactly what that means but to me it seems like it is more likely to be related than not related

ccrunner609;1389677 wrote:how in the hell does a 10 ton meteor hit the same week as that big one flies by at 17,000 miles and not a peep from any atrological group? Sounds a little fishy that nobody saw something of this size. Cover up perhaps?

ccrunner609;1389695 wrote:Videos from Russia......seems so scenic with all the bare concrete and raw metal.

queencitybuckeye;1389686 wrote:Meteors enter the atmosphere every day. They mostly burn up or land in the oceans which make up the majority of the planet. Far more likely to be a coincidence than not.

Why would the experts say they're not related if they are? Are they not really experts? Are they lying? If so, to what purpose?

Gblock;1389706 wrote:not saying they are lying..this is an extremely large meteor to be a coincedence imo. I cant think of another in my lifetime that was this big and blew out windows, not saying it hasnt happend before. besides if they were sure it would say almost certainly. it would say this meteor is not related.

ccrunner609;1389713 wrote:yea 10 ton meteors come flying in all teh time.

This thing flying in the same week that a large meteor that would cause global problems is flying by isnt a coincidence, like I said before

queencitybuckeye;1389718 wrote:The only experts I've seen interviewed have said it with complete certainty.

In rough numbers, when the event happened in Russia, the big asteriod was as far from Earth as the moon is. It's a big asteriod, but not close to big enough to have any effect like this on Earth from that distance.

ccrunner609;1389677 wrote:how in the hell does a 10 ton meteor hit the same week as that big one flies by at 17,000 miles and not a peep from any atrological group? Sounds a little fishy that nobody saw something of this size. Cover up perhaps?

Sonofanump;1389703 wrote:Bill Nye says this happens all the time. The atmosphere will protect us.

Gblock;1389763 wrote: ok i take it back...but i still maintain we know very little about asteroids and spotting them