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Meteor debris falls in Russia
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Posted February 15, 2013 at 11:54AM
The remains of an object has fallen on Russia. There are several clips taken by traffic cameras and those with phones showing the brightness as it burned up. This is a little appetiser for the main event tonight when a largish Asteroid will make a very near miss to Earth at about 19.30 our time.I hope the trajectory has not been calculated by Michael Fish.view here
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Posted February 15, 2013 at 12:10PM
Lets be thankful they didn't think they were under attack and launch a retaliatory strike.
I believe from the BBC news report at 11am that buildings were damaged it five cities.
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Posted February 15, 2013 at 12:17PM
There's a good chance to observe it's fly-past, as there's a good chance of clear skies tonight ... but you will need binoculars or very keen eyesight to see the 'Olympic swimming-pool-sized' asteroid skim past [us].
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Posted February 15, 2013 at 12:23PM
Must be a sign of the new Pope coming from Russia.
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Posted February 15, 2013 at 12:52PM
Where's Bruce Willis when you need him...?
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Posted February 15, 2013 at 1:34PM
Quickbeam
I can't claim credit for this but there were calls, this morning, for Bruce Willis to be sent into space...
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...so he can't make any more 'Die Hard' films.
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Posted February 15, 2013 at 4:42PM
fourm member
Sounds like you might possibly have appreciated the way Brucie was handled by "Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe" last night on BBC2.
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Posted February 15, 2013 at 5:49PM
Bruce must be too busy on this other celestial moonlight job.
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Posted February 15, 2013 at 6:18PM
... the BBC link uses a puny 1930's house for size comparison ... what happened to the Olympic swimming pool? Standards are slipping, I fear.
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Posted February 15, 2013 at 7:33PM
Good job it didn't happen fifty or so years ago, when detection and identification methods were less sophisticated.
Imagine if it had happened in the middle of the Cuban missile crisis!
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Posted February 15, 2013 at 8:49PM
Maybe it will be shown on TV tomorrow morning.
