zwiebel
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Yesterday, NASA tweeted this:
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NASA (@NASA) tweeted at 5:09pm - 7 Sep 14:
Small asteroid will pass Earth ~2:18pm ET today. No worries. It's about 25,000 miles away: go.nasa.gov/1t3PT9Z pic.twitter.com/PUyUGLKY7R (https://twitter.com/NASA/status/508633071307218944)
That was before a loud boom was heard in Nicaragua, as a flying meteorite left a 39 feet wide x 16 feet deep crater there. Luckily, no-one appears to have been hurt as it landed in an uninhabited area near Managua Airport.
'Government spokeswoman Rosario Murillo said a committee formed by the government to study the event confirmed it was a relatively small meteorite that appears to have come off an asteroid that was passing close to Earth.
Murillo said Nicaragua will ask international experts to help local scientists in understanding what happened.'
International experts might be wise to advise everyone that the next time NASA says "No worries", it's the cue to take shelter under the table with emergency supplies, just in case.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...8b3f7c-36dd-11e4-a023-1d61f7f31a05_story.html
Picture Link
http://xfinity.comcast.net/slidesho...atinamerica-20140907-LT--Nicaragua-Meteorite/
Bolded by me.
NASA (@NASA) tweeted at 5:09pm - 7 Sep 14:
Small asteroid will pass Earth ~2:18pm ET today. No worries. It's about 25,000 miles away: go.nasa.gov/1t3PT9Z pic.twitter.com/PUyUGLKY7R (https://twitter.com/NASA/status/508633071307218944)
That was before a loud boom was heard in Nicaragua, as a flying meteorite left a 39 feet wide x 16 feet deep crater there. Luckily, no-one appears to have been hurt as it landed in an uninhabited area near Managua Airport.
'Government spokeswoman Rosario Murillo said a committee formed by the government to study the event confirmed it was a relatively small meteorite that appears to have come off an asteroid that was passing close to Earth.
Murillo said Nicaragua will ask international experts to help local scientists in understanding what happened.'
International experts might be wise to advise everyone that the next time NASA says "No worries", it's the cue to take shelter under the table with emergency supplies, just in case.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...8b3f7c-36dd-11e4-a023-1d61f7f31a05_story.html
Picture Link
http://xfinity.comcast.net/slidesho...atinamerica-20140907-LT--Nicaragua-Meteorite/