# Meteorite in Russia, with pics and video **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 15, 2013, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorite-in-russia-with-pics-and-video/650374 "2013-02-15T05:37:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorite-in-russia-with-pics-and-video/650374/41 "2013-02-15T14:57:27Z")
One news blurb I read it was estimated at ten tons, but that could later change. Ten tons ain’t much. By my crude estimates, maybe a ball 6 or so feet across? Shows what a little speed can do for you. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorite-in-russia-with-pics-and-video/650374/42 "2013-02-15T15:04:14Z")
Sheesh, the Mythbusters’ aim was waaaaaaayyy off this time! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorite-in-russia-with-pics-and-video/650374/43 "2013-02-15T15:04:53Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > One news blurb I read it was estimated at ten tons, but that could later change. Ten tons ain’t much. By my crude estimates, maybe a ball 6 or so feet across? Shows what a little speed can do for you. It’s almost like there’s a relationship between mass and velocity as it relates to energy. ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorite-in-russia-with-pics-and-video/650374/44 "2013-02-15T15:10:35Z")
Bad astronomer says not [related](https://mobile.twitter.com/BadAstronomer/status/302313851511271426) to the large meteor flyby. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorite-in-russia-with-pics-and-video/650374/45 "2013-02-15T15:11:24Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > It’s almost like there’s a relationship between mass and velocity as it relates to energy. Yeah, nice try, Einstein. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorite-in-russia-with-pics-and-video/650374/46 "2013-02-15T15:18:52Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > Not sure I understand this distinction. Isn’t a lot of Russian territory no more densely inhabited than Canada’s Northwest? The recent story about the family living in isolation in the Taiga called it one of the least densely populated areas on earth. The taiga itself is sparsely populated. But thanks to the Trans-Siberian Railroad and the industrialization programs of the 19th and 20th centuries, Siberia is more populated than you might imagine, at least along one narrow belt. You travel from Moscow to Vladivostok, and its one village/town/city after another. From what I’ve seen of northern Canada, it’s really quite empty (and more inhospitable than Siberia). ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorite-in-russia-with-pics-and-video/650374/47 "2013-02-15T15:20:46Z")
> [@Indian](#): > > Bad astronomer says not [related](https://mobile.twitter.com/BadAstronomer/status/302313851511271426) to the large meteor flyby. He’s vague, but says that it’s coming fro m the wrong direction, which would clinch it, although I’d like if he gave more details. He says “way too early”, which doesn’t obvious imply “no connection” to me. The Perseids, for instance, go on for weeks, yet they’re clearly related. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorite-in-russia-with-pics-and-video/650374/48 "2013-02-15T15:40:10Z")
That dashboard cam footage is amazing. And we should have known this was coming when America elected a black president. When will people learn from disaster movies? ---
**Author:** ![Kepler1571](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/db5fbb/32.png) [@Kepler1571](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kepler1571)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorite-in-russia-with-pics-and-video/650374/49 "2013-02-15T16:01:36Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > That dashboard cam footage is amazing. And we should have known this was coming when America elected a black president. When will people learn from disaster movies? I can’t be the only person who saw how good the footage was and thought, “hoax,” right? I’m amazed it’s legit, but… it is. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorite-in-russia-with-pics-and-video/650374/50 "2013-02-15T16:34:47Z")
How long before the loons come out of the woodwork? ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorite-in-russia-with-pics-and-video/650374/51 "2013-02-15T16:44:54Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > How long before the loons come out of the woodwork? Yeah, how will the Phelps clan or other loony fundies spin this? ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorite-in-russia-with-pics-and-video/650374/52 "2013-02-15T16:50:16Z")
Those people who say wrong direction - isn’t the Earth moving as well? Maybe the meteor was almost out of Earth’s path, and Earth ran into it. It’s as if Earth were a car, this meteor was almost done crossing the road when it got hit by the driver’s side (N hemisphere). DA14, which started crossing later, misses hitting the back of the car. Both meteors could be moving in the same direction. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorite-in-russia-with-pics-and-video/650374/53 "2013-02-15T16:52:14Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > How long before the loons come out of the woodwork? The loons never go back into the woodwork at this point. That’s especially true on the Internet. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorite-in-russia-with-pics-and-video/650374/54 "2013-02-15T17:15:19Z")
This must be related to the selection of a new Pope, right? ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorite-in-russia-with-pics-and-video/650374/55 "2013-02-15T17:46:46Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > How long before the loons come out of the woodwork? [Already here.](http://rt.com/politics/zhirinovsky-meteorite-american-weapon-316/) ---
**Author:** ![Hooleehootoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/eada6e/32.png) [@Hooleehootoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hooleehootoo)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorite-in-russia-with-pics-and-video/650374/56 "2013-02-15T17:51:20Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > The _“Yobat’!”_ heard several times is the so-called “F-word.” 🆒 I imagine a lot of the dialog is just along the lines of “WTF was that!?”, but if anyone else can understand anything interesting in the dialog of the videos, I am curious what they say. Do some think it is a missile, or is it understood as a meteor? ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorite-in-russia-with-pics-and-video/650374/57 "2013-02-15T18:22:58Z")
Come on. Have the loons ever gone back INTO the woodwork? =) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorite-in-russia-with-pics-and-video/650374/58 "2013-02-15T18:30:05Z")
> [@Hooleehootoo](#): > > I imagine a lot of the dialog is just along the lines of “WTF was that!?”, but if anyone else can understand anything interesting in the dialog of the videos, I am curious what they say. Do some think it is a missile, or is it understood as a meteor? Mostly, they’re just asking where it came from and describing how and where they first saw it. I don’t think any of them were afraid it was a missile, though some might have initially thought a plane had crashed. Most of the voices have very regional and/or blue-collar accents, making it hard for non-native speakers especially to understand (but I’ll bet my ex and my daughter could). They’re also quite hyper and talking very fast, which again makes them harder to understand. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorite-in-russia-with-pics-and-video/650374/59 "2013-02-15T18:33:17Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > [Already here.](http://rt.com/politics/zhirinovsky-meteorite-american-weapon-316/) Wow! We haven’t heard from Mad Vlad for a LONG time! He got a lot of press coverage in the early '90s, but even then he was regarded as something of a pathetic joke. Crawling out of the woodwork, indeed… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorite-in-russia-with-pics-and-video/650374/60 "2013-02-15T19:53:59Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > He’s vague, but says that it’s coming fro m the wrong direction, which would clinch it, although I’d like if he gave more details. > > He says “way too early”, which doesn’t obvious imply “no connection” to me. The Perseids, for instance, go on for weeks, yet they’re clearly related. > [@AaronX](#): > > Those people who say wrong direction - isn’t the Earth moving as well? Maybe the meteor was almost out of Earth’s path, and Earth ran into it. It’s as if Earth were a car, this meteor was almost done crossing the road when it got hit by the driver’s side (N hemisphere). DA14, which started crossing later, misses hitting the back of the car. Both meteors could be moving in the same direction. IANA Astronomer, but here’s my understanding. The Perseids, and other annual meteor showers happen because the Earth’s orbit passes through a big cloud of space junk. It’s always “sitting” there, relatively. 2012DA14 is coming from a long elliptical orbit. It just so happens to be crossing our orbit at the same time we are. So to use the car analogy, the Perseids are like driving through a parking lot and bumping into a bunch of cars. 2012DA14 is like another car passing through an intersection just after you did. If this meteor was really on the same trajectory as the asteroid, it would’ve passes through the “intersection” long before we did. So don’t think of it as too early, think of it as not in the right spot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorite-in-russia-with-pics-and-video/650374.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteorite-in-russia-with-pics-and-video/650374.md?page=4)