Quote from: smoliarm on 02/15/2013 10:49 amMost likely, this was stony meteorite with very low volatile content.So the trail would be made up of something like very fine ash, not water vapour? That suggests it would fall to the ground and could be examined.
Most likely, this was stony meteorite with very low volatile content.
... Are you sure it was volatile-low?
Quote from: Ben the Space Brit on 02/15/2013 11:09 amalthough I'm sure there's a silicate or metallic core around which the object formed.In this particular video you can see narrow streak and smaller bright blob shooting out the big contrail after main flash, might that be the denser core? Attached capture, blob at the very right edge.edit: Btw majestic lightshow on the sky, atomic bomb level bright flash, and what does the driver do? Nothing, keeps overspeeding and listening to cheesy pop like nothing happened. At least adjust the dashboard cam clock!
although I'm sure there's a silicate or metallic core around which the object formed.
Pretty amazing stuff, especially the videos from cameras on car dashboards.
I wonder if our Russian readers can fill us in, but youtube is filled with tons of russian dash cam video's of drivers doing everything and anything. Does every Russian drive with a dash cam running?I've seen at least a dozen separate dash cam video's of this event as it happened now.
Video on Sky News (UK) shows CCTV from inside buildings, as they had windows blown out and doors blown off! http://news.sky.com/story/1052514/meteorite-shower-hits-russia-injuring-over-900
The meteorite didn't detonate. The explosion sounds are pieces of the meteorite going supersonic/hypersonic velocities with the largest piece having the loudest initial bang.Edit: Large impact crater!Another shockwave video: