Tunguska
About 10 minutes later, there was a flash and a sound similar to artillery fire. Eyewitnesses closer to the explosion reported the sound source moving east to north.
The sounds were accompanied by a shock wave that knocked people off their feet and broke windows hundreds of miles away. The majority of eyewitnesses reported only the sounds and the tremors, and not the sighting of the explosion.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 518712
I dreamed about those sounds, popping like artillery fire!
YIPES!
i didn't realize that objects only a feet across were called asteroids. i thought they were called meteoroids .
i also didn't realize objects that small could be detected and tracked.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 380880
It's about 5 meters across = 16 ft
Anonymous Coward User ID: 518781 10/6/2008 6:52 PM
Re: An asteroid (ASTEROID 2008 TC3) is going to hit Earth TONIGHT!
funny how they can track this tiny object and predict exactly where it will land but when skylab fell they could not figure out where it would land for sure
Anonymous Coward User ID: 518136 10/6/2008 6:53 PM
Re: An asteroid (ASTEROID 2008 TC3) is going to hit Earth TONIGHT!
Tunguska
At around 7:17 a.m. local time, on June 30, 1908 (June 17 in the Julian calendar, in use locally at the time)..
Tungus natives and Russian settlers in the hills northwest of Lake Baikal observed a column of bluish light, nearly as bright as the Sun, moving across the sky. About 10 minutes later, there was a flash and a sound similar to artillery fire. Eyewitnesses closer to the explosion reported the sound source moving east to north.
The sounds were accompanied by a shock wave that knocked people off their feet and broke windows hundreds of miles away. The majority of eyewitnesses reported only the sounds and the tremors, and not the sighting of the explosion. Eyewitness accounts differ as to the sequence of events and their overall duration.
The explosion registered on seismic stations across Eurasia. Although the Richter scale was not developed until 1935, in some places the shock wave would have been equivalent to an earthquake of 5.0 on the Richter scale.
It also produced fluctuations in atmospheric pressure strong enough to be detected in Great Britain. Over the next few weeks, night skies were aglow such that one could read in their light, caused by dust suspended in the stratosphere by the explosion.
In the United States, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Mount Wilson Observatory observed a decrease in atmospheric transparency that lasted for several months, also from the suspended dust.
The Guinness Book of World Records (1966 edition) states that because of the rotation of Earth, if the collision had occurred 4 hours 47 minutes later, it would have completely destroyed the Imperial Russian capital, Saint Petersburg.
Although the cause is the subject of some debate, the explosion was most likely caused by the air burst of a large meteoroid or comet fragment at an altitude of 5–10 kilometres (3–6 miles) above Earth's surface. Different studies have yielded varying estimates for the object's size, with general agreement that it was a few tens of metres across.
Although the meteor or comet burst in the air rather than directly hitting the surface, this event is still referred to as an impact.
Estimates of the energy of the blast range from 5 megatons to as high as 30 megatons of TNT, with 10–15 megatons the most likely - roughly equal to the United States' Castle Bravo thermonuclear explosion set off in late February 1954; about 1000 times as powerful as the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan and about one third the power of the Tsar Bomba, the largest nuclear weapon ever detonated.
The explosion knocked over an estimated 80 million trees over 2,150 square kilometres (830 square miles). It is estimated that the earthquake from the blast would have measured 5.0 on the Richter scale. An explosion of this magnitude is capable of destroying a large metropolitan area.
This possibility has helped to spark discussion of asteroid deflection strategies.
Although the Tunguska event is believed to be the largest impact event on land in Earth's recent history, impacts of similar size in remote ocean areas would have gone unnoticed before the advent of global satellite monitoring in the 1960s and 1970s.
pffooof!
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 518712
I've posted a few replies around this subject that point exactly to that event.
Note that Tunguska was a probable Tesla Effect
It will happen again... soon.
Cassie :-) Warning Do not L@@K into my AV User ID: 507059 10/6/2008 6:56 PM
Re: An asteroid (ASTEROID 2008 TC3) is going to hit Earth TONIGHT!
funny how they can track this tiny object and predict exactly where it will land but when skylab fell they could not figure out where it would land for sure
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 518781
Really! They had a long time to calculate that too. "Go with God and may the Holy Spirit give opportunity to share the saving knowledge of the Gospel of Jesus Christ with your friends. Because "Friends don´t let Friends die without Jesus"
i didn't realize that objects only a feet across were called asteroids. i thought they were called meteoroids .
i also didn't realize objects that small could be detected and tracked.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 380880
Was it in Space article they called it planetoid? (They changed it now to asteroid) I found that they use this word to describe larger objects.
"The term planetoid has also been used, especially for larger objects"
Anyway, the "no threat" word in SpaceWeather's site, also changed 2 times. First it was plain no threat, then NO THREAT and now no threat lol
Anonymous Coward User ID: 463567 10/6/2008 6:58 PM
Re: An asteroid (ASTEROID 2008 TC3) is going to hit Earth TONIGHT!
funny how they can track this tiny object and predict exactly where it will land but when skylab fell they could not figure out where it would land for sure
funny how they can track this tiny object and predict exactly where it will land but when skylab fell they could not figure out where it would land for sure
Really! They had a long time to calculate that too.
Quoting: Cassie :-)
They have better slide rules now.
:)
So this thing will be visible from the UK, Europe and splash in northern Sudan?
Dude, maybe it will go hit Rome. Didn't some one predict something like that? Have no pride when it comes time to get out of Dodge
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IN GOD I TRUST User ID: 507408 10/6/2008 7:01 PM
Re: An asteroid (ASTEROID 2008 TC3) is going to hit Earth TONIGHT!
funny how they can track this tiny object and predict exactly where it will land but when skylab fell they could not figure out where it would land for sure
Really! They had a long time to calculate that too.
They have better slide rules now.
:)
So this thing will be visible from the UK, Europe and splash in northern Sudan?
Dude, maybe it will go hit Rome. Didn't some one predict something like that?
Quoting: Dervish
DON´T TELL ME IT WON´T BE VISIBLE FROM SOUTH AMERICA.
GOD BLESS
Anonymous Coward User ID: 376196 10/6/2008 7:02 PM
Re: An asteroid (ASTEROID 2008 TC3) is going to hit Earth TONIGHT!
So when will this fucking Asteroid impact?? Its 1am 7th October here in Germany now? How many Hours do I have to stand up until I can see red lights here and tell my parents to wake up so they can see it too!!?????
Anonymous Coward User ID: 518022 10/6/2008 7:03 PM
Re: An asteroid (ASTEROID 2008 TC3) is going to hit Earth TONIGHT!
" One witness who used to be the spokesperson for Wernher Von Braun stated she overheard in a meeting plans for the continued justification of a larger defense.
First rogue countries and terrorism, then asteroids, and finally Extraterrestrials. The possibility is that they will hoax an ET attack. "
Anonymous Coward User ID: 518841 (OP) 10/6/2008 7:03 PM
Re: An asteroid (ASTEROID 2008 TC3) is going to hit Earth TONIGHT!
So when will this fucking Asteroid impact?? Its 1am 7th October here in Germany now? How many Hours do I have to stand up until I can see red lights here and tell my parents to wake up so they can see it too!!?????
So when will this fucking Asteroid impact?? Its 1am 7th October here in Germany now? How many Hours do I have to stand up until I can see red lights here and tell my parents to wake up so they can see it too!!?????
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 519143
3 hours and 43 minutes
Anonymous Coward User ID: 518841 (OP) 10/6/2008 7:04 PM
Re: An asteroid (ASTEROID 2008 TC3) is going to hit Earth TONIGHT!
Testimony of S. Semenov, as recorded by Leonid Kulik's expedition in 1930.
"At breakfast time I was sitting by the house at Vanavara trading post (65 kilometres/40 miles south of the explosion), facing North. I suddenly saw that directly to the North, over Onkoul's Tunguska road, the sky split in two and fire appeared high and wide over the forest (as Semenov showed, about 50 degrees up). The split in the sky grew larger, and the entire Northern side was covered with fire. At that moment I became so hot that I couldn't bear it, as if my shirt was on fire; from the northern side, where the fire was, came strong heat. I wanted to tear off my shirt and throw it down, but then the sky shut closed, and a strong thump sounded, and I was thrown a few yards. I lost my senses for a moment, but then my wife ran out and led me to the house. After that such noise came, as if rocks were falling or cannons were firing, the earth shook, and when I was on the ground, I pressed my head down, fearing rocks would smash it. When the sky opened up, hot wind raced between the houses, like from cannons, which left traces in the ground like pathways, and it damaged some crops. Later we saw that many windows were shattered, and in the barn a part of the iron lock snapped."
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Testimony of Chuchan of Shanyagir tribe, as recorded by I.M.Suslov in 1926.
"We had a hut by the river with my brother Chekaren. We were sleeping. Suddenly we both woke up at the same time. Somebody shoved us. We heard whistling and felt strong wind. Chekaren said, 'Can you hear all those birds flying overhead?' We were both in the hut, couldn't see what was going on outside. Suddenly, I got shoved again, this time so hard I fell into the fire. I got scared. Chekaren got scared too. We started crying out for father, mother, brother, but no one answered. There was noise beyond the hut, we could hear trees falling down. Chekaren and I got out of our sleeping bags and wanted to run out, but then the thunder struck. This was the first thunder. The Earth began to move and rock, wind hit our hut and knocked it over. My body was pushed down by sticks, but my head was in the clear. Then I saw a wonder: trees were falling, the branches were on fire, it became mighty bright, how can I say this, as if there was a second sun, my eyes were hurting, I even closed them. It was like what the Russians call lightning. And immediately there was a loud thunderclap. This was the second thunder. The morning was sunny, there were no clouds, our Sun was shining brightly as usual, and suddenly there came a second one! "Chekaren and I had some difficulty getting out from under the remains of our hut. Then we saw that above, but in a different place, there was another flash, and loud thunder came. This was the third thunder strike. Wind came again, knocked us off our feet, struck against the fallen trees. "We looked at the fallen trees, watched the tree tops get snapped off, watched the fires. Suddenly Chekaren yelled 'Look up' and pointed with his hand. I looked there and saw another flash, and it made another thunder. But the noise was less than before. This was the fourth strike, like normal thunder. "Now I remember well there was also one more thunder strike, but it was small, and somewhere far away, where the Sun goes to sleep."
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Sibir newspaper, July 2, 1908
"On the 17th of June, around 9 in the AM, we observed an unusual natural occurrence. In the N Karelinski village (200 verst N of Kirensk) the peasants saw to the North-West, rather high above the horizon, some strangely bright (impossible to look at) bluish-white heavenly body, which for 10 minutes moved downwards. The body appeared as a "pipe", i.e. a cylinder. The sky was cloudless, only a small dark cloud was observed in the general direction of the bright body. It was hot and dry. As the body neared the ground (forest), the bright body seemed to smudge, and then turned into a giant billow of black smoke, and a loud knocking (not thunder) was heard, as if large stones were falling, or artillery was fired. All buildings shook. At the same time the cloud began emitting flames of uncertain shapes. All villagers were stricken with panic and took to the streets, women cried, thinking it was the end of the world. "The author of these lines was meantime in the forest about 6 verst N of Kirensk, and heard to the NE some kind of artillery barrage, that repeated in intervals of 15 minutes at least 10 times. In Kirensk in a few buildings in the walls facing north-east window glass shook."
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Siberian Life newspaper, July 27, 1908
"When the meteorite fell, strong tremors in the ground were observed, and near the Lovat village of the Kansk uezd two strong explosions were heard, as if from large-caliber artillery."
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Krasnoyaretz newspaper, July 13, 1908
"Kezhemskoe village. On the 17th an unusual atmospheric event was observed. At 7:43 the noise akin to a strong wind was heard. Immediately afterwards a horrific thump sounded, followed by an earthquake which literally shook the buildings, as if they were hit by a large log or a heavy rock. The first thump was followed by a second, and then a third. Then - the interval between the first and the third thumps were accompanied by an unusual underground rattle, similar to a railway upon which dozens of trains are traveling at the same time. Afterwards for 5 to 6 minutes an exact likeness of artillery fire was heard: 50 to 60 salvoes in short, equal intervals, which got progressively weaker. After 1.5 - 2 minutes after one of the "barrages" six more thumps were heard, like cannon firing, but individual, loud, and accompanied by tremors. "The sky, at the first sight, appeared to be clear. There was no wind and no clouds. However upon closer inspection to the North, i.e. where most of the thumps were heard, a kind of an ashen cloud was seen near the horizon which kept getting smaller and more transparent, and possibly by around 2-3 p.m. completely disappeared."
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 510174 10/6/2008 7:07 PM
Re: An asteroid (ASTEROID 2008 TC3) is going to hit Earth TONIGHT!
So when will this fucking Asteroid impact?? Its 1am 7th October here in Germany now? How many Hours do I have to stand up until I can see red lights here and tell my parents to wake up so they can see it too!!?????
3 hours and 43 minutes
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 512264
4 hours and 43 minutes
Anonymous Coward User ID: 518841 (OP) 10/6/2008 7:08 PM
Re: An asteroid (ASTEROID 2008 TC3) is going to hit Earth TONIGHT!
So when will this fucking Asteroid impact?? Its 1am 7th October here in Germany now? How many Hours do I have to stand up until I can see red lights here and tell my parents to wake up so they can see it too!!?????
funny how they can track this tiny object and predict exactly where it will land but when skylab fell they could not figure out where it would land for sure
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