Phil Plait on the Russian meteorite...

[SidDithers]

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/02/15/breaking_huge_meteor_explodes_over_russia.html

Posted to counter some of the reporting from really bad CT sites.

Sid

[FSogol]

1. Cool, thanks for posting. n/t

[malaise]

2. Thanks SidDithers

[Tree-Hugger]

3. Thank you!

I've been trying to calm people down since last night. My feed exploded with people who were freaked out.

[SidDithers]

4. One thread here is reporting this as a "modern Tunguska event"...

Sid

[Tree-Hugger]

12. People keep saying that

I keep reading, "it's Tunguska all over again. " Sigh. Not even close.

[KharmaTrain]

5. Ya Haven't Heard???

...that wasn't a meteorite...that was a heat seeking drone headed for Dorner's cabin...

:tinfoil:

[redqueen]

6. K&R

Thanks for these posts. Phil & Neil are truly awesome at communicating ideas in an accessible and interesting way.

[longship]

7. You mean that it wasn't an inter-dimensional cross-rip?

I am So disappointed! But I remain hopeful that one will occur later today when 2012DA14 arrives.

[SidDithers]

8. I'm just hoping we don't see a return of Gozer the Gozerian...

Sid

[longship]

9. However, this morning's hot chocolate could sure use some Sta-Puft Marshmallow Man

[FSogol]

10. There's a link with some awesome photos in the article

http://zyalt.livejournal.com/722930.html

[SidDithers]

11. Cool...

Thanks for adding it to the thread.



Sid