There was one in Sweden in November, which resulted in the recovery of a 14 kg iron meteorite. This time it meteor was likely smaller, yet the airblast seems to have been stronger.
There was one in Sweden in November, which resulted in the recovery of a 14 kg iron meteorite. This time it meteor was likely smaller, yet the airblast seems to have been stronger.
hmm I wonder if its composition is the reason why the airblast may have been stronger
Right and people are noticing it more, especially with cameras being so common now and easily recorded. It just seems unusual that so many are so bright, back in the 80s and 90s we could go years without visual sightings like the ones we have now, but I guess that is also due to more awareness of them and more people noticing them than before.I noticed. Extremely unlikely that it's related. These things happen many times per year somewhere in the world, but many years apart for one particular area.
When a month ago there was a meteor shower, quite by chance I was able to notice such a phenomenon.[youtube]ZOm87M-HDPg[/youtube]
Supposedly shot a few days ago near Barybino, Moscow oblast. Little info to be found so far. An article, mostly nonsense, here.
Holy *** this is an amazing discovery, and the study seems extremely thorough. Will have to wait for tomorrow to read through it all, but looking forward to it.
air burst so it means there would be no crater since it didn't make it to the ground?Holy *** this is an amazing discovery, and the study seems extremely thorough. Will have to wait for tomorrow to read through it all, but looking forward to it.
My understanding that, like in Tunguska, there is no evidence of a ground impact. However, there could be still have been fragments reaching the ground which would leave no crater or craters small enough to get eroded away after this many years. Such fragments themselves could have been eroded away as well, but since this is a very dry area, maybe it's worth investigating whether there are any known meteorites recovered in the area.
An other possibility mentioned in the article is that the crater could exist and be buried in the nearby Dead Sea. They say that erosion in this area could be quite important, floods, earthquakes and sand storms are not uncommon in this particular area.
My understanding that, like in Tunguska, there is no evidence of a ground impact. However, there could be still have been fragments reaching the ground which would leave no crater or craters small enough to get eroded away after this many years. Such fragments themselves could have been eroded away as well, but since this is a very dry area, maybe it's worth investigating whether there are any known meteorites recovered in the area.
One could also argue that, but it's pretty unverifiable and since it's unlikely given the dominance of dry land in the area, such an assumption will be fitting the observations to a hypothesis. It's not important, though, since they attempt to explain the destruction with the airblast.