meteor in russia 2013

The object exploded in the Russian sky is falling stone from outer space. Stones that have exploded in the Gulf of Bone.Russian Academy of Sciences estimates from space rock weighs 10 tons. Stone came rushing from the east through the sky with a minimum speed of 54 thousand miles per hour, 60 times the speed of a Boeing 777.From the video footage circulating on the internet, the object is certainly burning when entering the atmosphere. The air swipe the rock face, set him on fire to thousands of degrees Celsius on the outside. The air pressure causes the rock to crack. Stone exploded and broke into pieces when it is not strong to withstand the pressure at an altitude of 30-50 km above the land."The people of the city saw a blinding white light," said a teacher at the Chelyabinsk region to the Russian news agency RIA Novosti.Menjalarkan blast of compressed air known as a shock wave. Glass shattering and wireless communication lines disrupted. At least 400 people were injured by shards of glass.Governor of Chelyabinsk, Mikhail Yurevich, mentions a large stone flakes fell from the sky in a lake in the region. Local police reported eight-meter wide crater was found near the lake. Other reports said debris also fell in the Tyumen, Kurgan and Sverdlovsk. Three thousand buildings were reported damaged after explosion rocks.In relation to the crater by the impact, the Russian nuclear agency reported radiation levels around the crater is still normal. In addition there was no increase in radiation from some nuclear facilities in the region surrounding the incident."The information we get mention of this meteorite originated from the stone broken up into pieces," said a spokeswoman for the Russian Emergencies Ministry, Elena Smirnykh.Stones that rained mainland Russia certainly not associated with asteroid 2012 DA14 to be passed over Sumatra on Saturday morning. Analysis of the size and direction of this rock came not fit with the character of the asteroid. Astronomers long ago to make sure the asteroid will not hit Earth.Earth is a giant net that effectively capture the space rock. Each year, 40 thousand tons of rock from the sky into the atmosphere. Most of these burns in air. Therefore the experts have the belief the earth is safe from the invasion of these stones.Still, there escaped. In 1908, a stone in the form of a 50 meter asteroid crashed in Tunguska region of Siberia. Stone exploded in the sky and emit blinding light. The shock wave from the explosion was knocked over trees, create a dense jungle area of ​​hundreds of square kilometers of the ground.In 2008, asteroid 2008 TC3 suddenly seen flying toward earth. Quick count predicted collision will occur within 20 hours. In fact this stone exploded and broke in the Nubian Desert in Sudan.Indonesia has ever had a bit of space rock. On October 8, 2009, 10-meter asteroid came rushing towards the eastern part of Indonesia. Without even detected, rock exploded in the air, preceded the emergence of the fireball. Testimony showed residents rock exploded over the Gulf of Bone. Residents also felt the earthquake after this explosion. Experts estimate this small asteroid explosion equivalent of two times the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki in World War II.WILLIAM ANTON | RIANOVOSTI | GUARDIAN