While we're on the subject of space rocks zipping by and skimming our atmostphere, take a look at the asteroid skimming that NASA had actually told us about, set to take place later today.
http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/15/16966984-watch-asteroid-2012-da14-buzz-past-harmlessly-via-streaming-video?lite
Now if a rock this big did what happened in Russia over a populated area, we'd have absolute devastation on our hands...luckily, NASA assures us that this rock WON'T hit....and that it was simply a coincidence to have both events occur so close together.
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