In the depths of space, millions of irreversible events occur every second, and we are not destined to foresee these events yet. One of the recent celestial events was the falling Chelyabinsk meteorite, which gave heat on the Internet, and a lot of exciting folk conversations.
New threat from space
Our scientists have discovered new meteorite which is slightly more than Chelyabinsk meteoriteflying at a speed of about 38 km per hour, and in a collision with the ground can cause real damage, since the impact power will be almost 2 times stronger than in Chelyabinsk.
But we do not need shocks from outside, since the earth is constantly and so is experiencing shocks from earthquakes, and over the past there have been quite a few, and impact from space can provoke irreversible reactions in the underground layers of our planet.
When will the 2016 meteorite fall?
The public is very worried when in 2016 the meteorite will approach the earth, and whether there will be a collision with the ground or is this meteorite will fly by.
It is difficult to predict whether a meteor will strike the ground or not, but when the nearest distance of this meteorite to the ground will be already known. This meteorite will almost reach, and will approach much earlier, on March 5, 2016, there will be impact from space, which we may remember for a long time, or the celestial body will fly past at great speed, and we will wave our hand to it goodbye.
But in all likelihood, this meteorite even with direct aiming at the planet, it will most likely burn up in dense layers of the atmosphere, as was the case with the Chelyabinsk meteorite.
Meteorite may not burn
But there is also historical factswhen meteorites did not completely burn up in the dense layers of the atmosphere and fell to the ground causing significant destruction. For example, in 2000, not far from the city of Fukang, a huge meteorite weighing almost 420 kg. Distinctive feature the Fukang meteorite is extraordinary beauty, but the preserved size is also impressive
Scientists have calculated that this meteorite lay on our planet for 4.5 billion years, which makes this miracle pebble the same age as our planet. It is believed that this is a fragment of the very meteor that killed the dinosaurs on our planet.
But there is also another side to this surprise, this meteorite is stuffed with precious stones, and is recognized as the most beautiful meteorite found on the planet. The approximate cost of this cobblestone is just over two million dollars.
But whether the meteorite will be precious this time, which will fall around March 5, 2016, one can only guess, but even if the meteorite is of jewelry value, its threat is much more important and this is a real reality that must be feared.
And what if it gives an unpredictable impact force, and the consequences are much stronger, which can damage the outer atmospheric shell of our planet, then we will have to adapt to live in open space like. But that's impossible, drop atmospheric pressure from the impact of a meteorite will simply destroy all life on the planet.
But let's think that everything will be fine, and the celestial body will rush past our planet. And even if the meteorite hits the ground in 2016, it will bring the most insignificant consequences, which we will not even remember.
The fall of a large space object was recorded in the Republic of Khakassia tonight. A bright flash at exactly 18-35 was noticed by the correspondent of the Academy of Sciences "Khakassia Inform" returning from work by car along the federal highway M-54 "Yenisei", approaching at that time to the village of Podineya, Altai region of the republic. The glow in the Sayanogorsk region was visible across the sky (it was also observed in Abakan and Minusinsk, in Beya and Novokursk, in Borodino and Cheryomushki, as well as in Shira and Shushensky, that is, practically throughout Khakassia and the south of the Krasnoyarsk Territory), however, both this happens during strong explosions or other seismic events, neither a roar, nor a sensation of the arrival of a shock wave was observed. Some kind of hum was also not heard. However, the residents of Sayanogorsk felt most of all and best of all that something was happening in Khakassia - already five minutes after what had happened, a message with the short name “Explosion?” Appeared at the local city forum. At the moment, the following is known ...
Khakassia, December 6: No technological explosions in Khakassia were carried out so late by any coal mine of the republic.
Also, nothing is known about the launches of space rockets in Russian Federation (keeping in mind the recent fall in Tuva of the debris of the Progress spacecraft).
The Main Directorate of the Russian Emergencies Ministry for Khakassia is already investigating what happened (there is no information on the official website of the republican rescuers for this hour).
A team of specialists left for the place of the alleged fall of the space body.
Not a single technologically dangerous production facility in Sayanogorsk and Khakassia as a whole was affected. All industrial facilities of the republic, including the Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP, are operating normally. The authorities of the republic, of course, have already been notified of what happened and are waiting for an explanation from specialists. Communications work in Khakassia, there is the Internet, electricity is supplied to all areas of the region regularly.
If it was a meteorite, then it is likely that it simply burned up in the atmosphere over Khakassia.
The Academy of Sciences "Khakassia Inform" will continue to monitor the development of events around this emergency and urges the population not to panic.
"In the 9th and 5th it was heard" (we are talking about the microdistricts of Sayanogorsk - AN "Khakassia Inform")
"Now there was a flash and after 2 minutes a strong explosion was prolonged and from the side of the forest, as in the direction of a smooth, crackling, dying rumble stood"
“A bright flash, like during the day. Seconds 40-60 strong roar "
"Some kind of meteorite along the way ... The tribe says: in a minute, something bright flew by ..."
"In the eighth it was heard well, the alarm went off on the cars."
"It was a crack for about a minute, and then it was not heard."
“We saw it too. The sky lit up, then flashed through the clouds and after three minutes it went banging "
"In the area of \u200b\u200bthe Mainskaya hydroelectric power station, they say that something bright flew by."
"I thought someone slammed the door in the entrance, the dogs barked"
5 md. some white garbage with a tail flew by. It became as bright as during the day, and after 5 minutes there was an explosion
"It suddenly brightened so brightly in the window, my husband did not believe it until the crash appeared."
“A wave was felt through the plastic window. I thought the boiler room burst "
"The Emergencies Ministry said:" The hydroelectric power station is standing, the plant is in place. Don't worry, everything is fine! " Well done boys"
“I am from Cheryomushki and we also had a bright glow, and then a roar, even the alarms on the cars went off. I went out onto the balcony, there were boys in the street. they said they saw a big bright ball in the sky. "
“Southern, I did not see the flash, the hum is strong, as if during an earthquake, but not with such an echo. Somehow the chill went to my soul. The cats were absolutely calm, just lying in an embrace with one, she didn't even move her ear. "
"They already say the epicenter was closer to Beya"
“A meteorite fell on the left bank not far from the SSHGES. Everything is all right at the station "
“It was so good in Chiriki, I raised my head, and there the meteorite flies, so fast and low! Disappeared behind the mountain in the Borus region. And then it banged in a minute "
"The flash was seen in Tashtyp and Abakan"
"Mom in Sabinka also saw the balloon, she thought that the neighbors had gas."
“Laughter with laughter, if it was a meteorite, then it is somehow palatable that it became a surprise for our defense industry. So the pendos can take advantage of our absent-mindedness. "
“Physics is physics. The trajectory of a meteorite may even be tangent to a specific point on the Earth. You cannot see a cold body through any telescope. And the speed of passage of the Earth's atmosphere, when the body heats up, is from 10 to 70 km / sec. The height of the atmosphere is 120 km "
"Ministry of Emergency Situations claim that it is a meteorite"
"In Subbotino, people saw a ball with a white tail"
“I went to take out the trash. a bright flash, then a celestial body in the direction of the Ermakovsky region followed, very bright. quickly disappeared. after 40-50 seconds there was an explosion "
“On December 6, 2016 at 14.32 Moscow time, a small meteor that entered the earth's atmosphere passed along the trajectory of the south-western direction and burned up in its upper layers, never reaching the surface without forming a meteorite. The sound of the shockwave of the fireball was heard in most of the territory of Khakassia and the south of the Krasnoyarsk Territory ...There are no planned launches at Baikonur for this date ”.
20.00 : EMERCOM of the Russian Federation in Khakassi: At 18:50 in the southern regions of the Republic of Khakassia, a flying luminous object was observed in the sky. The luminous object (presumably a meteorite) burned up in the dense layers of the atmosphere, which was accompanied by a bright flash and a characteristic sound. The working groups of the Ministry of Defense organized the verification of objects of the economy of the RH. All facilities are functioning normally. SSHGES is operating normally. Interaction with the duty officer of the information center of the RosKosmos State Corporation was organized. No spacecraft were launched, no spacecraft crashed.
“When a meteor enters the atmosphere, it contacts the molecules of the air mixture and then warms up its surface under the influence of friction. Friction generates sound waves. And the higher the speed of the object, the stronger the shockwave effect, so you heard the characteristic sound. Why didn't the window panes get knocked out? Because the meteor was too small in comparison, for example, with the Chelyabinsk one. Yes, and the sound and length of the tail depends on the angle of entry into the atmosphere and its composition, and not only on the size ... ".
21.27 : Employees of the Khakass Ministry of Emergency Situations are checking economic facilities on the territory of the region after information appeared about a meteorite burnt in the dense layers of the atmosphere, the republican chief executive of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reports.
According to the rescuers, an inspection of economic facilities on the territory of Khakassia has already been organized. "All objects are functioning normally. Interaction with the duty officer of the information center of the Roscosmos State Corporation has been organized. No spacecraft have been launched, no spacecraft have crashed.", - noted in the message.
21.38 : The Ministry of Emergency Situations is finding out the exact place of the meteorite fall in Khakassia. Experts went to the supposed fall zone.
December 7, 8:57 am: According to experts, the diameter of the celestial body, which most likely was stony or stony-water, was 10-15 m. According to the leading researcher of the Department of Space Dynamics and Mathematical Information Processing of the Institute space exploration RAS Nathan Eismont, such meteorites are not uncommon for the Earth - every day a "noticeable amount" of such celestial bodies falls on the surface of our planet, primarily into the oceans. According to the scientist, meteorites like the Khakass ones do not pose a threat to humanity. The situation is different if a celestial body is made of iron, or its diameter exceeds 15-20 m, TASS reports.
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And it's not for nothing that an anti-aircraft missile regiment was formed in Khakassia)))
But what about the missile men who have deployed here? Why didn't they bring down the threat?
i also heard a powerful enough explosion, the cat did not react in any way
Unfortunately, this video is the burning of a block of recently dropped Progress ...
I saw this with my parents and the whole city in 89 in the south of Yamal. Maybe a meteorite, or maybe space debris .. Who knows ...
By God, remove the video! It was shown on our news on the 1st, when the ship that was flying to the ISS fell
Unfortunately, we cannot remove this video, since it is called exactly as a meteorite fall today. If later it turns out that this is a "Progress" video, it will be removed. Sincerely.
A flash of light was visible in Beliy Yar. Five minutes later, the rumble of an explosion is clearly audible.
We have a cat at night and all day was restless. Shouted and sat at the front door. In the evening he hid in the bath. Already calm.
The first video shows the moment of the last fall of "Progess" Fake news
"information about a meteorite burnt in the dense layers of the atmosphere"
Losers !!!
Open up, damn you all there, school textbook astronomy and read what a "meteor" is and what a "meteorite" is.
If the object managed to fly to the surface of the planet and hit the ground, then it is called the term "meteorite". Well, if it burned up in the atmosphere without reaching the ground, it’s not a meteorite to hell, but just a meteor.
and it is clear to the hedgehog that it was not a meteorite that fell on the hydroelectric power station, but an intercontinental rocket. we are already being bombed, however, this hydroelectric power plant has been haunted by this hydroelectric power plant for a long time. apparently a very important part of the Russian infrastructure.
How have you not heard? It seemed to me that the gas exploded next to my father during the tent.
truly I say to you, we are being bombed. false media pass it off as a meteorite. and this is to bomb us and we do not shrink.
The object passed from the side of Sayanogorsk because of the Yenisei (there were no "explosions" in the air). Were located in the taiga massif of the "Shaggy Griva" tract of Sayan, Shushensky district. A blue-green ball with a long, pale crimson tail. The speed was decent, a patch of light, as bright as daylight, moving along the ground. I flew close enough, I can be wrong, but still from the northwest to the southeast. Over Khakassia did not explode and did not fall! Judging by the geography, it hit the ground somewhere in the deep taiga of the Sayano-Shushensky Reserve, it is more likely that it flew to the taiga massifs of Tyva. He walked at an angle to the ground, but small, flew past us in 3-4 seconds, the flash of light lasted the same amount from bright green, bluish white, to yellow. After about 20 seconds, a sound wave came - a rumble on the rise to loud and to a decrease, it rumbled for a long time and at the end a short loud rumble (apparently from a fall). In the first instant, it was considered that a helicopter was flying and shining a searchlight on the ground at a low altitude. They actually expected the arrival of a shock wave, but there were no more "miracles".
In one of the videos, where two objects are moving, not a meteorite, but Progress, which fell in Tuva last week.
A meteorite fell in Khakassia in the Beysky district near the city of Sayanogorsk at 18:37 local time (14:37 Moscow time), according to the website Sayanogorsk.info with reference to the city operational headquarters civil defense and emergencies.
"A body of space origin of insignificant size fell into the dense layers of the atmosphere and burned up in them. The process was reflected by a bright glow in the sky over a number of Siberian regions, including the Krasnoyarsk Territory and Khakassia," a source in the rocket and space industry told Interfax.
The meteorite burned out completely before reaching the ground. "The incident did not cause any damage to ground objects. Locals also did not feel the impact, "- added the source.
The emergency services of the region received more than 420 calls with reports of an unusual phenomenon. According to eyewitnesses, the lighting after the outbreak approached daylight. The fall of the celestial body was accompanied by a roar, from which the walls began to stagger.
A meteorite flew over Sayanogorsk. Maman says there was a flash all over the city and a roar. Chic. pic.twitter.com/g3MnOXxlgq
- Ravel (@Danny_Norman) December 6, 2016
Residents of Sayanogorsk claim that the meteorite itself was glowing yellow, followed by a blue "tail". In many cars, alarms went off after the explosion. Fragments of a celestial body fell in the area of \u200b\u200bthe Babik valley, not far from the city of Sayanogorsk, RIA Novosti reports. The flash from the fall of the meteorite was so strong that it was seen by residents of the capital of the region, Abakan, which is located 80 kilometers from Sayanogorsk.
"We saw a flash, after about two minutes a vibration passed in the houses and a roar was heard, from which the car alarms were triggered," the website of the TVK television company quoted an eyewitness report.
"Everything lit up like daylight! I really don't understand what it is, the sun doesn't shine like that! After that there was an explosion, somewhere far away, but there was a hum. I saw the stars fall, but this ... I don't know how to convey: from a small dot above my head, it turned into a ball more than a machine! " - says another eyewitness.
"We were walking with a friend. We stood near the store and my friend screamed when she saw a huge flash. And she kept screaming about it. I didn't believe it, because I stood with my back to the flash, and it seemed to me that the light had gone out. I didn't believe it and said that she And suddenly a huge explosion! All the cars started burning at once. It was very scary. Dad said that the windows were shaking violently. We assume it was a meteorite. Pants full of emotions! " - said a local resident.
Finding the wreckage will be difficult due to the lack of a fireball system
Member of the Meteorites Committee of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor of Uralsky federal university (UrFU) Viktor Grokhovsky told TASS that "a good meteorite exploded in the sky over Khakassia."
According to him, fragments of a celestial body can be found if the exact trajectory of its flight is established. It is believed that it fell in the area of \u200b\u200bthe Sayano-Shushinskaya hydroelectric power station, but there is "such a taiga that it will not be easy to find the wreckage."
"There were three flares, the meteorite was fragmented, the fallout of its debris is possible in several areas, but so far there is no data," added Viktor Grokhovsky. "The rumble was heard in the Abakan area, now we need to collect data."
Dmitry Vibe, head of the department of physics and evolution of stars at the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, also believes that the search will be difficult. "If something fell, it will not be easy to find, because the trajectory can only restore approximately the area of \u200b\u200bfalling debris, and then, if it is Siberia, it will be quite difficult to search," he told Life.
The scientist stated the need "to have our own system, which would notify in advance about the approach of dangerous bodies, and on the other hand, fix the place of their fall." "These are two tasks and two systems," he said.
Life and Grokhovsky complained about the lack of a fireball system. Videos from social networks, according to him, will not help much in determining the trajectory: "We need at least ten from different sides. After Chelyabinsk, we shoot only on video recorders, we do not have a powerful fireball system in Russia, that's the trouble."
The Institute of Space Research suggested the diameter and composition of the meteorite
Nathan Eismont, a leading researcher at the Department of Space Dynamics and Mathematical Information Processing at the Institute of Space Research (IKI), Russian Academy of Sciences, told TASS that the diameter of the celestial body probably did not exceed 15 meters, but it consisted of rocky or stony-water components.
“It is clear that it was not a very large meteorite. Judging by the fact that it did burn out or exploded, in general, did not reach the surface, it is clear that it is unlikely that its diameter is more than 10 or 15 meters and that it probably not iron. Most likely a (meteorite) rocky or stony-watery, "said Eismont.
Meteorites similar to the one that fell in Khakassia do not pose a threat to humanity, he added. They become dangerous if they consist of iron and their dimensions exceed 15-20 meters, or if they "steeply vertically enter the Earth's air envelope." However, the meteorite, which was filmed by eyewitnesses in Khakassia, according to the scientist, does not fall under the above characteristics.
At the same time, it is fundamentally very difficult to see a meteorite approaching the Earth in advance, emphasizes Eismont. If the fireball approaches the planet from the sunny side, then it is almost impossible to see it, but even if it moves from the night side, it is still very difficult for scientists to see it in the night sky and have time to calculate the flight path.
The last time a large meteorite exploded over Russia on February 15, 2013 in the territory Chelyabinsk region... The shock wave damaged buildings and shattered many glass panes. The meteorite was included in the new edition of the Guinness Book of Records due to the fact that it suffered the largest number of people in the history of the fall of celestial bodies to Earth.
In the Guinness Book of Records, it is indicated that about 1200 people were injured from the meteorite fall. Meanwhile, the Chelyabinsk authorities previously reported that there were 1,613 victims, most of them were injured from the glasses knocked out by the sound wave. Were hospitalized, according to various sources, from 40 to 112 people.
KRASNOYARSK, December 6. / TASS /. A celestial body, presumably a meteorite, fell on the territory of Khakassia. This was reported on the official website of the city of Sayanogorsk.
"According to preliminary data of the operational headquarters of civil defense and emergency situations in Sayanogorsk, at 18:37 (14:37 Moscow time) a celestial body, presumably a meteorite, fell in the Beysky region. Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP, Mainskaya HPP, Rusala factories and the city's life support facilities are operating in normal mode, "- said in the message.
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The celestial body fell, presumably, in the area of \u200b\u200bthe Babik valley near Sayanogorsk. This was reported to TASS by the press secretary of the head of the republic Olga Kolesnikova.
"Presumably, something could have fallen in the Babik valley. Specialists have already left there. The head of the republic was informed about the phenomenon. After all, we have strategic objects in the Sayanogorsk region," the agency's interlocutor said.
Residents of Khakassia and the south of the Krasnoyarsk Territory in social networks write about the "glow in the sky." "This is an incredibly beautiful and terribly scary sight," wrote one of the users of the social network "VKontakte".
Scientist Commentary
The meteorite that exploded in the sky over Khakassia in the evening is several times smaller than the Chelyabinsk meteorite that fell into Lake Chebarkul in the Chelyabinsk region in February 2013. Viktor Grokhovsky, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Meteorite Committee, professor at the Ural Federal University (UrFU), told TASS.
"Indeed, in the evening a good meteorite exploded in the sky over Khakassia. It is several times smaller than the Chelyabinsk meteorite, but its fragments can be found. Now the main thing is to establish the exact trajectory of its flight and understand where its debris fell. This will take about a day," Grokhovsky said ...
He added that a rumble was heard during the explosion of a meteorite over Khakassia. "Now, to establish the power of the explosion, we need scans of special equipment. It is said that a meteorite fell in the area of \u200b\u200bthe Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station, but there is such a taiga that it will not be easy to find the debris," the scientist said.
According to him, now it is important to calculate the trajectory of the fall of a celestial body. "There were three flares, the meteorite was fragmented, the fallout of its debris is possible in several areas, but so far there is no data. The rumble was heard in the Abakan area, now we need to collect data," Grokhovsky added.
According to the scientist, three years after the fall of the Chelyabinsk meteorite, attention to these "space wanderers" has not diminished. "There are advances in the creation of a meteorite detection system. However, this problem is of a universal scale, and it is unrealistic to do something in two or three years. A lot of scientific data on these cosmic bodies and their modeling began to appear," Grokhovsky said.
Published on 12/6/16 7:19 PMOn December 6, 2016, a meteorite fell in Khakassia, the diameter of which was approximately 10-15 meters.
Meteorite in Khakassia, 06.12.2016: a small meteorite fell in Eastern Siberia
vid_roll_width \u003d "300px" vid_roll_height \u003d "150px"\u003eA small meteorite burned up while falling over Eastern Siberia, Interfax reports, citing a source in the rocket and space industry.
"A body of cosmic origin of an insignificant size fell into the dense layers of the atmosphere and burned up in them. The process was reflected by a bright glow in the sky over a number of Siberian regions, including the Krasnoyarsk Territory and Khakassia," the source said, adding that the asteroid burned out completely, not intcbatch reaching the ground.
The meteorite in Khakassia 2016 was most likely rocky
According to Nathan Eismont, a leading researcher at the Department of Space Dynamics and Mathematical Information Processing at the Institute of Space Research (IKI), Russian Academy of Sciences, its diameter was about 10-15 meters, and it was most likely stony or stony-water, reports TASS.
“It is clear that it was not a very large meteorite. Judging by the fact that it did burn out or exploded, in general, did not reach the surface, it is clear that it is unlikely that its diameter is more than 10 or 15 meters, and that it -Apparently, not iron. Most likely, stony or stony-water ", - said the scientist.
Meteorite in Khakassia 2016. VIDEO
Eismont also noted that a considerable number of meteorites regularly fall on the Earth, and they are dangerous if they consist of iron and have a diameter of more than 15-20 meters, or if they "steeply vertically enter the Earth's air envelope."
According to the press secretary of the head of Khakassia Olga Kolesnikova, a meteorite in Khakassia fell, presumably in the area of \u200b\u200bthe Babik valley near Sayanogorsk. The celestial body exploded in the atmosphere: three flashes were visible and a rumble was heard.