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where asteroids have hit
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| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 165 Posts: 6377 | cool visualization, there is also a video http://io9.com/a-visualization-showing-where-asteroids-have-hit-the-ea-1566181287 I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
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| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | The 2002 Eastern Mediterranean Event was a high-energy aerial explosion over the Mediterranean Sea, around 34°N 21°E (between Libya and Crete) on June 6, 2002. It is a little frightening to think that an asteroid could remain undetected until air burst which unleashed the energy of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. Had you been situated on a vessel directly underneath the intensely bright flash would have been followed by a shock wave that would have rattled the entire ship and possibly caused minor damage. Speech by Gen. Simon Worden: "Military Perspectives on the Near-Earth Object (NEO) Threat The General went on to speculate that had such an incident happened in an area that was very tense (like India Pakistan) it could inadvertently start a nuclear war with human life loss in the millions. |