.@neiltyson Small correction: Exploded 23km up, not 30km. Low angle entry trajectory also diminished energy reaching ground. #Chelyabinsk
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@neiltyson I just heard your interview on NPR Radio. Wow! Awesome interview, please keep up the great work and keep hooking kids on learningThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson: The 15 Feb 2013 Russian meteor, carried 25X the energy of the Hiroshima bomb. Exploding 30km up, it “only” shattered windowsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson random, but why didn't the car windows shatter too?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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More like 70X, est yield was 1MT nuclear (2X TNT) “
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@neiltyson shame it didn't hit the VaticanThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson any idea why it exploded so high? Related to size?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson How does meteors "explode"? I did a little search online and found this "tea kettle" theory,but it was equally opposed by othersThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson @kerfluffer What made it explode? - End of conversation
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@neiltyson I shutter to think what might have resulted if this had happened 30 years earlier, during the Cold War.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson I suppose we should be glad it was an airburst then! I'm sure the force of several nukes would've been pretty disasterous if notThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson And I would bet that if it were closer & caused more damage, world powers would be developing a defense system by this time. -
@neiltyson I suppose I should let you finish your thought on the meteorite before I basically restate what you tweet. :)
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@neiltyson but oh how it lit up the skies!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson To be fair, you aren't comparing it against a very powerful nuke. But yeah, that is scary.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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