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The Chelyabinsk meteorite (Russian: Челябинский метеорит, Chelyabinskii meteorit) is the fragmented remains of the large Chelyabinsk meteor of 15 February 2013 which reached the ground after the meteor's passage through the atmosphere.
The Chelyabinsk meteor is thought to be the biggest natural space object to enter Earth's atmosphere since the 1908 Tunguska event, [23] [24] [25] and the only one confirmed to have resulted in many injuries, [26] [Note 1] although a small number of panic-related injuries occurred during the Great Madrid Meteor Event of 10 February 1896.
Meteor over Chelyabinsk. This very bright fireball is also known as a superbolide. Date: Taken on 15 February 2013: Source: This file was derived from: Взрыв метеорита над Челябинском 15 02 2013 avi-iCawTYPtehk.ogv: Author: Aleksandr Ivanov, Cropping and conversion to gif: Hike395
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