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RE: Sulawesi Fireball

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Ed ~ For clarification, the nuclear device that detonated over Hiroshima is estimated to have an energy yield of 15 kilotonnes.

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According to experts at the NASA/JPL Near-Earth Object Program Office in Pasadena, California - Don Yeomans, Paul Chodas, Steve Chesley - the blast is thought to be due to the atmospheric entry of an asteroid more than 30 feet in diameter. Due to atmospheric pressure, the object is thought to have detonated in the atmosphere, yielding an energy release of about 50 kilotons (the equivalent of 110,000,000 pounds of TNT explosives).

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Asteroid over Indonesia

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Blast in Bone a result of falling meteorite: Experts
After a three-week investigation, astronomers at the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (Lapan) concluded that an air explosion that hit Bone waters in South Sulawesi on Oct. 8 was a result of a falling meteorite.

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As the US government ponders a strategy to deal with threatening asteroids, a dramatic explosion over Indonesia has underscored how blind we still are to hurtling space rocks.
On 8 October an asteroid detonated high in the atmosphere above South Sulawesi, Indonesia, releasing about as much energy as 50,000 tons of TNT, according to a NASA estimate released on Friday. That's about three times more powerful than the atomic bomb that levelled Hiroshima, making it one of the largest asteroid explosions ever observed.

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At about 11:00 a.m. local time (300 Universal Time, UT) on October 8, 2009, people around the town of Bone, in the province of South Sulawesi, island of Sulewesi, in Indonesia saw a very bright fireball in the late morning sky.
Experts now say it was a meteor hitting the atmosphere of Earth, and exploding with the energy of approximately 40,000 to 50,000 tons (40 to 50 kilotons) of TNT.
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-- Edited by Blobrana on Monday 26th of October 2009 06:10:30 PM

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Ledakan Misterius di Bone (2)

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Ledakan Misterius di Bone

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Latitude: -4.67361, Longitude: 120.38828

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Mysterious Explosion Panics Locals in South Sulawesi, Police Still Investigating
A large explosion was reported in Latteko, Bone district, South Sulawesi, on Thursday morning at around 11 am and may have been a plane crash. Locals at first thought it was an earthquake and ran out of their homes in panic.
Bone Police spokesman Abunawas confirmed the large explosion.

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Benda Mirip Meteor Jatuh di Bone, Sulawesi Utara -- MAPer1ck9 Files

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Blast may be result of falling space waste or meteorite

An expert from the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (Lapan) said Thursday a blast that had frightened residents of Pallete village in the South Sulawesi regency of Bone earlier in the day might have come from falling space waste or a meteorite.
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