Comments on: Hold Onto Your Hats

By: TheWildSow

TheWildSow — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 20:21:44 +0000

Probably a *good* thing it came in at such a shallow angle; i.e., through many many miles of atmosphere to slow it down. If it had come straight down and hit, it would have done a heckuva lot more damage and left a heckuva crater!

By: George Bercik

George Bercik — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:52:17 +0000

When we feel”high & mighty”,and “masters of the universe”,an event like this meteor serves to remind us that there are natural forces,in play, that can dwarf us and all our accumulated accomplishments…….. in a heartbeat! A sobering thought and cause for reflection,that we could be so vulnerable. Suppose that bus-size fragment was as large as the city of Pittsburgh. From someone,prone to overlong sentences, my overall reaction is……………..WOW !!

By: John P. English

John P. English — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:45:37 +0000

I saw several videos on Phil Plait’s “Bad Astronomy” http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy.html
Seriously impressed by the damage the sonic boom caused!

By: Steve-o

Steve-o — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:11:46 +0000

Awesome. I had heard that it was around 15m in space, but the piece that made the hole in the lake was only 2m by that point.

The meteorite that made Meteor Crater in Arizona was 20m, but it was Iron and the one yesterday was more like a piece of coke.