meteor strike in Urals

hi - I wonder if that 150' meteor that wasn't going to hit the earth on 2/15 is what came down in the Urals, injuring 100? ernie spragg fresno ca

Asteroid and meteors are two different objects. If that meteor had hit, it would have caused major damage and many deaths. Paul

These significant events happen several times a year, usually over the open ocean, and are recorded by the defense satellites that stare at the Earth looking for missile launches. Most explode in the atmosphere before striking the ground.

A meteor exploded over Utah a couple of years ago and I was in my back yard observatory around midnight when it happened. We live in Colorado near the Utah border far enough away that it was low in the sky and I never saw the fireball directly. The sky turned bright blue and trees cast shadows like it was daylight. They estimate that chunk of rock was only about the size of a basketball, much smaller than the one that exploded over Russia this morning.

Ernie…

The two objects are different. First, they came from different directions. Second, I saw real time video from Australia via NASA that showed 2012 DA14 AFTER the Russian event.