Trisavalon, 08/09/2014 23:23:
Il portavoce del governo Murillo ha dichiarato che il piccolo meteorite proveniva dall'asteroide che stava passando vicino alla Terra
Un update dalla stessa fonte NASA che, oltre a non collegare l'evento di Nicaragua con l'asteroide 2014 RC, informa di non avere sufficienti elementi anche per confermare un impatto meteorico in quella zona, suggerendo altre cause non ancora note:
blogs.nasa.gov/Watch_the_Skies/2014/09/08/did-a-meteorite-cause-a-crater-in-ni...
At approximately midnight local time on the night of September 6 (September 7, 6 UTC), a loud explosion was heard in an area near Managua, Nicaragua. A crater some 39 feet in diameter was found near 86.2 degrees west longitude, 12.2 degrees north latitude, in good agreement with the reports of explosive sounds. It has been suggested that a meteorite may have caused this crater; however, the lack of fireball reports from the surrounding populated area seems to suggest some other cause. The skies were partially clear, and an object capable of producing a crater this large would have also generated a very bright fireball (brighter than the Full Moon) that should have been seen over a wide area. Some have drawn analogies to the September 2007 Carancas meteorite fall in Peru; however, there were fireball reports associated with this event, even though it occurred in the daytime near noon.
While a meteoritic origin for this crater cannot be ruled out with absolute certainty, the information available at this time suggests that some other cause is responsible for its creation.[Modificato da _INSIDER_ 09/09/2014 09:05]