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Then the third angel sounded: And a great star (ἀστὴρ μέγας ) fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. 11 The name of the star (ἀστέρος) is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter (Revelation 8:10-11)Comment: Greek lesson: ἀστὴρ μέγας = Great Astroid! Meanwhile a not-so-close call overnight.
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ReplyDeleteNuclear-like in its intensity, Russia meteor blast is largest since 1908
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ReplyDeleteInteresting: Russia Meteor Was Largest in More Than a Century:
ReplyDeleteThe meteor that crashed to earth in Russia was about 55 feet in diameter, weighed around 10,000 tons and was made from a stony material, scientists said, making it the largest such object to hit the Earth in more than a century.
Large pieces of the meteor have yet to be found. However, a team from the Urals Federal University, which is based in Yekaterinburg, collected 53 fragments, the largest of which was 7 millimeters, according to Viktor Grokhovsky, a scientist at the university.
Data from a global network of sensors indicated that the disintegration of the Russia fireball unleashed nearly 500 kilotons of energy, more than 30 times the energy of the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
It is the largest reported meteor since the one that hit Tunguska, Siberia, in 1908, according to the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The agency's new gauge of the meteor's size was a marked increase from its initial estimate.
Nice graphic with this WSJ article
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Imagine one 6 miles in diameter!
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Somewhat technical but interesting: Video Analysis of the Russian Meteor
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