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Over the past few days, falling from the sky and exploding fireballs were seen in many countries of the world – in Russia, Kazakhstan, Japan, Australia, Cuba, South Africa, Morocco, Germany, Switzerland, northern Italy, Holland, Belgium, Britain … – A luminous ball resembling a meteor was seen in Sunday night by several people in Miami Dade counties and Broward (USA) February 18, 2013. “Looking at the Bay of Biscay, I saw a falling object, “says Brad Greenberg of Miami, 30 years, on his Twitter around 18.30 “At first glance, the object is weak glowed and moved fast, but not as fast as a shooting star. ” – Witness from Australia, February 18: “I filmed something, similar to a meteorite in the sky above Melbourne – it was ahead the appearance of an asteroid for several hours “- Witness from Britain, 17 February: “A red luminous dot quickly moved over Manchester at about 4 p.m. ”- A witness from Timor, February 17:“ Today in the evening I was sitting in the car and for a few milliseconds I saw incredibly bright light in the sky … I was in East Timor “- Witness from Australia, February 16: “A meteor was seen over Melton in Australia. It looked like a bunch of four stars with clearly visible tail. He occupied almost a third of the field of view of two observers and was in the sky for many seconds “- The ball of fire was also seen in the United States. Witnesses report a certain A ball of fire that crossed the sky over the San Francisco Bay Area. is he was visible around 12.45 on February 16, 2013. – About the explosion of Russian most people only heard the fireball. First posts appeared on February 15 at about one in the morning. During the morning, the Russians military forces discovered a six-meter crater, and was reported on that the surrounding radiation background is normal. The Russian Academy of Sciences reported that a meteor weighed about ten tons before entering Earth’s atmosphere, but some reports say about 50 tons. Meteorite exploded 9 times, starting from a height about 55 kilometers. Russian meteor is the largest since 1908 years when the famous Tunguska meteorite fell in Siberia. Energy The impact of the 2013 meteorite was several hundred kilotons. Data is still being received and it is possible to refine the available information. According to currently available data, the size of the object is up to entry into the atmosphere was equal to 15 meters, and its mass was about 7 thousand tons. A meteor of about one size one third of the diameter of the asteroid 2012 DA14, shone brighter than the Sun, and his trace was observed for almost 30 seconds. – Late afternoon 15 February, Cubans noticed another bright ball of fire, which exploded over a city in the province of Sienfuego. – exploded a fireball was also seen in the sky over Japan on February 14 and shot in the video:
– The huge ball of fire was seen by many eyewitnesses over Belgium, Holland and Germany February 13, 2013 of the year. It could be observed for 10-20 seconds. According to one eyewitness, in flight, he split twice. Quite possible, that these were parts of the Russian Union rocket. The fact is that February 11 2013 the 1800th rocket launch was carried out from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Union. Arianspace and its Russian partners reported that the freight the Progress spacecraft was neatly placed in a given orbit for missions of the International Space Station. NASA statement regarding the Russian meteor: “According to NASA scientists, the trajectory of the Russian meteorite was significantly different from the trajectory the asteroid 2012 DA14, making it completely unrelated to it object. Information about the Russian meteorite is still arriving, and that’s all conclusions are currently preliminary. On the video of the fall shows that the object flies from left to right on the background of the rising sun, which means that he moved from the north to south. The asteroid DA14 is moving in the opposite direction, from the south on North”.
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