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Date: 15 February 2013; 11 years ago (): Time: 09:20:29 YEKT (): Location: Chebarkul, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia: Coordinates: 1]: Also known as: Chelyabinsk meteorite [2]: Cause: Meteor air burst: Non-fatal injuries: 1,491 indirect injuries [3]: Property damage: Over 7,200 [4] buildings damaged, collapsed factory roof, shattered windows, $33 million (2013 USD) lost [5]: The Chelyabinsk meteor ...
The asteroid had an approximate size of 18 m (59 ft) and a mass of about 9,100 t (10,000 short tons) before it entered the denser parts of Earth's atmosphere and started to ablate. [12] At an altitude of about 23.3 km (14.5 miles) the body exploded in a meteor air burst. [12] Meteorite fragments of the body landed on the ground. [13] [14]
The event Raisani describes is known as the Chelyabinsk meteor, which began as an asteroid that entered Earth's atmosphere on Feb. 13, 2013, at approximately 60 ft. in diameter and weighing 10,000 ...
Asteroid impacts larger than 1 kiloton of TNT; New Map Shows Frequency of Small Asteroid Impacts, Provides Clues on Larger Asteroid Population (Bolide events from 1994 to 2013 for asteroids ~1+ meter in diameter) Fireball and Bolide Reports (JPL) Newspaper archives drop hints about the Chelyabinsk event and other superbolides; Earth Impact ...
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/NASAIt was a typical February morning in Chelyabinsk, a large city sitting in the shadows of Russia’s Ural mountains. People bundled ...
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The Chelyabinsk meteor impacted Earth in 2013 with no prior warning. A list of known Near-Earth asteroid close approaches less than 1 lunar distance (384,400 km or 0.00257 AU) from Earth in 2013. [note 1] Rows highlighted red indicate objects which were not discovered until after closest approach
(Reuters) - The chance of a city-killing asteroid striking Earth is higher than scientists previously believed, a non-profit group building an asteroid-hunting telescope said on Tuesday. A global ...