Chelyabinsk Meteor
Chelyabinsk Meteor
On February 15 2013 at 0920 a 17 metre wide meteor exploded above Chelyabinsk in Russia. It exploded in the sky creating a bright flash and a blast equivalent to 500 kilotons of TNT.It also broke into lots of fragments.1,491 people were injured but none were killed.
A fragment of the meteor
Path of the meteorite and where it landed.
The meteor exploding
Other Meteor
One thing that made the Chelyabinsk meteor interesting was that the meteor 367943 Duende was meant to be flying right past earth about sixteen hours after the Chelyabinsk meteor hit.The meteors were not related.