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DreamGypsy

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3. Very cool. And interesting that NASA used infrasound detector data...

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Wed Feb 27, 2013, 03:06 PM

Feb 2013

...to gather information about the asteroid/meteoroid.

Another post yesterday, http://www.democraticunderground.com/122816114, reported the findings of a couple researchers in Columbia who used video footage to estimate the trajectory of the object through the atmosphere and then did Monte Carlo simulations to compute a likely orbit.

Would be interesting to see how well the high tech and low(er) tech solutions match up.

Thanks for finding this NASA video, Coyotl.

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NASA ScienceCasts: What Exploded Over Russia? [View all] Coyotl Feb 2013 OP

Interesting. Thanks for posting. n/t Cleita Feb 2013 #1

That was the most comprehensive analysis I've seen to date. Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #2

Very cool. And interesting that NASA used infrasound detector data... DreamGypsy Feb 2013 #3

damn government programs mikeysnot Feb 2013 #4

I know Coyotl Feb 2013 #5