On February 15 2013 a meteor streaked across sky and exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia. It set off one of the largest explosion of its kind, according to Western scientists. Flying glass and debris caused most of the injuries from the meteor strike. The shock wave violently jolted the city of Chelyabinsk. Coincidently, it hit on the same day that astronomers were watching another large rock pass Earth by just 17,200 miles. As it turns out, the Earth getting hit by meteorites isn’t so unusual.
The meteor was most likely made of stony materials and not solid metal. The meteor exploded 12 to 15 miles above Earth’s surface due to the rise in pressure. Experts estimated that it released the energy of 300,000 to 500,000 tons of TNT. As a comparison, the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima during WWII was the same as 15,000 tons of TNT. Experts said “this is the largest recorded event since the 1908 Tunguska event.”
This incident not only damaged buildings but also created financial problems for the Russian government. The financial toll from the meteor occurrence was expensive. The m...
Not long ago on the 15th of February 2013 an asteroid named 2012 DA14 merely scrapped the earth’s surface by a tiny margin, even closer than some satellites. According to the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) the asteroid was 17,200 miles above our planet's surface, which may seem a long way from earth. However, in terms how big the earth is compared to the 17,200 miles, we can acknowledge that many people were saved from death.
Brian Doyle’s, “The Meteorites” was a short essay about a camp counselor and his unforgettable summer. Doyle uses very poignant arguments to explain his love for his campers. Each camper is introduced with a short synopsis, allowing the reader to get a feeling for what the children are like. The counselor was in charge of a flock of 5-6 year olds. The second paragraph introduces the main argument: how this summer camp made him love the boys as if they were his own. The paragraph goes continues the counselor is pulled aside by one of the shyest and quietest that was speaking up for the most outspoken of the group. He was asking for help because one David (outspoken on) had an accident in his pants and needed to be clean. This puzzled the
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The movie “October Sky” is basically about a high school student Homer Hickam and three of his friends inventing a rocket which can actually fly for a long distance. Homer and his friends named each other the rocket boy. Homer Hickam talks about how the rocket boys got inspired, what problems they faced and how they were able to prove themselves innocent.
On April 26 1986, an accident-related Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Chernobyl has been occurred. The Chernobyl disaster was a catastrophic nuclear accident which has resulted in several explosion and fire. This causes the release of large quantities of radioactive particle into the atmosphere and then spread over the nearby area. The Chernobyl disaster is said to be the worst nuclear power plant accident in history. It is classified as level event on Internati...
physically melt and fall. The government says that it was the jet fuel along with the things inside
After falling behind in classes with grades in previous semesters, I plan to start early and not slack off and think I have time. Before I tell you how this will be accomplished I will tell you why I am taking Meteorology 206. I am taking this class first and foremost because it fulfills my science requirement. However, I chose Meteorology 206 because I have always been interested in the weather and how it works. The first step for my success will be to take my own notes in class because it helps me to remember the information more. I will then take these notes outside of class to use to study for exams and for assignments. Also outside of class to prepare for class I will read the upcoming chapter. This will not only help for class but will
“At precisely 5:30 A.M. on Monday, July 16, 1945, the atomic age began. While Manhattan staff members watched anxiously, the device exploded over the New Mexico desert, vaporizing the tower and turning asphalt around the base of the tower to green sand. The bomb released approximately 18.6 kilotons of power, and the New Mexico sky was suddenly brighter than many suns.” In President Truman’s diary he explains the massive capabilities of the Atomic Bomb after seeing it with his own eyes explode. On July 25, 1945 President Truman wrote, “Thirteen pounds of the explosive caused the complete disintegration of a steel tower 60 feet high, created a crater 6 feet deep and 1,200 feet in diameter, knocked over a steel tower 1/2 mile away and knocked men down 10,000 yards away. The explosion was visible for more than 200 miles and audible for 40 miles and more.” After seeing the demonstrations and conducting of many meetings, the atomic bomb was ready and the decision President Truman made was becoming a
In conclusion the disaster of Chernobyl was a tragedy that cost thousands of lives. An has effected an entire region of that world. An it will be a very long time before everything will be back to normal there. However it has given us a chance to explore what went wrong, andto make sure it doesn't happen again. An not only that, but as a gamer, I love the S.T.A.L.K.E.R series, and doing this paper has made the games so much better.
Pete, an astronaut on the shuttle Atlantis, is speaking via satellite radio to NASA’s executive director, Dan Truman. Pete is completing maintenance on a satellite when it is struck by several small meteorites. Atlantis, Pete, and the Satellite are all destroyed by the meteorites. As Truman gives
In 580 meters detonated the first bomb on the city of Hiroshima. 43 seconds later, the blast had destroyed 80 percent of the downtown area . Fire with an internal temperature of over one million degrees Celsius broke out explosively. The heat brought forth yet in about ten kilometers from trees in flames. Almost all the houses were destroyed.
When the first bomb was made a site in Alamogordo, New Mexico was chosen as the testing ground. In order for the bomb to explode, all the nuclei of the several grams of Uranium would have to be split. A sphere of Uranium the size of a baseball would cause an explosion that equaled the strength of 15,000 to 20,000 tons of TNT. When the bomb had exploded there was a tower and the explosion had turned the asphalt around the tower into green sand, the sky was extremely bright and seconds after the explosion came a huge blast that sent unbelievable heat across the desert. Also, there was a huge mushroom cloud that reached the sub-stratosphere that was at an elevation of 41,000 feet. 10,000 feet away a soldier was of right off his feet by the force of the shock wave and another soldier stationed five miles away was temporarily blinded. The explosion was able to be herd 50 miles away.
The blast was felt as far as 37 miles away, over three quarters of Hiroshima’s buildings were destroyed and the blast wave itself was said to have shattered the windows of houses up to 10 miles away. Countless fires started via the thermal pulse of the blast which combined to start a firestorm that completely demolished everything within about 4 miles from where the bomb was dropped. Soon after the dropping of the bomb, “black rain” started to fall in the northwestern part of the city filled with the soot, dust, dirt, and radioactive material that had risen into the air caused by the blast. This black rain caused contamination into areas that weren’t even affected by the blast, the dropping of the bomb affected a lot more people than than just the residents of Hiroshima. After seeing the explosion from an aerial view a co-pilot from the B-29 bomber commented “My God, what have we done?”, one can only imagine all the terrible thoughts that were going through that man 's
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