Russian Meteor Likely an Apollo Asteroid Chunk 67
astroengine writes "Helped by the extensive coverage of eyewitness cameras, CCTV footage and a fortuitous observation made by the Meteosat-9 weather satellite, Jorge Zuluaga and Ignacio Ferrin of the University of Antioquia in Medellin, Colombia, have been able to reconstruct the most likely orbit of the meteoroid that slammed into the atmosphere over the Russian Urals region on Feb. 15. What's more, they know what type of space rock it was — the Chelyabinsk-bound meteoroid originated from an Apollo-class asteroid (PDF). Apollo asteroids are well-known near-Earth asteroids that cross the orbit of Earth. Around 5,200 Apollo asteroids are currently known, the largest being 1866 Sisyphus — a 10 kilometer-wide monster that was discovered in 1972."
Dear Asteroid (Score:4, Funny)
Nice flying, Apollo.
- Starbuck
SG-1 (Score:4, Funny)
So it wasn't a Gu'ald attack?
EEEP! (Score:5, Funny)
I read the title wrong... (Score:5, Funny)
Discovered in... (Score:5, Funny)
"the largest being 1866 Sisyphus — a 10 kilometer-wide monster that was discovered in..."
WAIT! I KNOW THIS ONE! Is it 1866?
"...1972."
oh. okay :(
Re:SG-1 (Score:3, Funny)
Indeed.
Ummm... (Score:3, Funny)
Something's wrong when a 10 KILOMETER wide astroid has 'sisy' in its name, just sayin'.
Re:EEEP! (Score:5, Funny)
So you never want him to close his eyes? Never want him to fall asleep?
Re:SG-1 (Score:4, Funny)
Do you mean "I'm a pedant"?
Re:I read the title wrong... (Score:4, Funny)
"Open the pod bay doors HAL!"
"First, you gotta do the truffle shuffle."
Re:John Dvorak says it's fake (Score:4, Funny)
claimed that the video and photos of the impact area showed just a perfect ice hole
I've heard rumours that John C Dvorak has been described as "just a perfect ice hole" himself on occasion.
Coincidence? You decide.