Eric_Collins Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Didn't the cosmanought Yuragay Agaygeyankov say they had tracked through ISS ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 As there tracking the flight paths of some 3000 plus meteors on a daily basis,reckon its safe to say they knew about the one that eventually came down in the urals. Are you sure... I don't think we have the capacity to detect or track the vast majority of <1km sized asteroids that are flying around. And this one was a much smaller size, I forget exactly, but we're talking about the size of a bus or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Are you sure... I don't think we have the capacity to detect or track the vast majority of <1km sized asteroids that are flying around. And this one was a much smaller size, I forget exactly, but we're talking about the size of a bus or something. I thought we only tracked the big uns, not that we can do much about em lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That easy Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 It wasn't a meteor, it was a stray American cluster bomb. Get ready for WW3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joel95 Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 The meteor crashing in Russia's Ural mountains has injured at least 950 people, as the shockwave blew out windows and rocked buildings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidorry Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 A lot of the people there thought it was a bomb of some sorts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joel95 Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Most of those hurt, in the Chelyabinsk region where meteorites fell, suffered cuts and bruises but at least 46 remain in hospital. ---------- Post added 18-02-2013 at 08:22 ---------- Chelyabinsk's health department said 985 people had sought medical treatment, including 204 children, Interfax reported. Two people in the town of Kopeysk were in a serious condition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manlinose Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 the short answer is , no they didn't they are tracking a lot of larger ones, and the smaller ones they know about, but a lot of them are literally not on the radar till it's too late Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 the short answer is , no they didn't they are tracking a lot of larger ones, and the smaller ones they know about, but a lot of them are literally not on the radar till it's too late If there had been 3-4 hours difference in the timing ( very small margin in cosmic terms) then it could possibly have impacted on the UK...there's a lot less "spare" land here so could possibly have hit a city.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glennis Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 A lot of the people there thought it was a bomb of some sorts. Good job the Cold War has ended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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