SPACE — On February 15, 2013, a stray asteroid exploded over the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia. The shock wave from the explosion damaged thousands of buildings, and injured nearly 1,500 people.
The Chelyabinsk meteor explosion was more powerful than a nuclear bomb, and was so bright that it could eclipse the sun in an instant. Nobody saw the giant space rock coming.
With a diameter of 19 meters and a mass of around 12,000 tons, it was the largest asteroid explosion in more than 100 years. It enters the Earth’s atmosphere at more than 60 times the speed of sound.
Colliding with the upper atmosphere at a shallow angle, it exploded into pieces. Released a shock wave that injured more than 1,500 people and damaged 7,300 buildings.
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Most of the remains of the Chelyabinsk asteroid in the Chelyabinsk State Local History Museum shortly after it was recovered from Lake Chebarkul. Image: Andrey Yarantsev, Science/AAAS
Many people were injured by flying glass shards as they peered out their windows to see what was happening. The largest fragment of the asteroid was later found in Lake Chebarkul. Source: Space.com
2024-02-15 16:04:00
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