Chelyabinsk meteor

2013 Chelyabinsk meteor
	Trail o the meteor ower Chelyabinsk Location of the meteor event
Date	15 Februar 2013
Time	09:15 YEKT (UTC+06:00)
Location	Russia Chelyabinsk Oblast; Kurgan Oblast; Orenburg Oblast; Sverdlovsk Oblast; Tyumen Oblast; ; Kazakhstan Aktobe Province; Kostanay Province; ;
Coordinates	55°03′N 59°48′E / 55.05°N 59.8°E
Kent forby as	KEF-2013
Cause	Meteor
Non-fatal injures	1,491
Property damage	Collapsed factory roof, shattered windaes

On 15 Februar 2013, a meteor^[2] entered Yird's atmosphere ower Roushie as a firebaa at approximately 09:13 YEKT (03:13 UTC).^[3]^[4] Muivin at a speed o at least 54,000 km/h (34,000 mph),^[5]^[6] roughly 44 times the speed o soond, it passed ower the soothren Ural region an explodit ower the ceety o Chelyabinsk.^{[n 1]}

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↑ The last time a similar phenomenon was observed in the Chelyabinsk region was the Kunashak meteor rain of 1949, after which scientists recovered about 20 stones weighing over 200 kg in total.^[7]

↑ "Число пострадавших при падении метеорита приблизилось к 1500" (in Russian). РосБизнесКонсалтинг. Archived frae the original on 2 Mey 2013. Retrieved 25 Februar 2013.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
↑ "Russian Meteor". NASA. Archived frae the original on 18 Februar 2013. Retrieved 15 Februar 2013.
↑ "Meteor in central Russia injures at least 500". USA Today. Retrieved 15 Februar 2013.
↑ "100 injured by meteorite falls in Russian Urals". Mercury News. 15 Februar 2013. Retrieved 15 Februar 2013.
↑ Major, Jason. "Meteor Blast Rocks Russia". Universe today. Retrieved 15 Februar 2013.
↑ "500 injured by blasts as meteor falls in Russia". Yahoo News. Archived frae the original on 18 Februar 2013. Retrieved 15 Februar 2013.
↑ Grady, Monica M (31 August 2000). Catalogue of Meteorites. London: Natural History Museum, Cambridge University Press. p. 285. ISBN 978-0-521-66303-8. Retrieved 15 Februar 2013.