Chelyabinsk meteor
Appearance
Date | 15 Februar 2013 |
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Time | 09:15 YEKT (UTC+06:00) |
Location | |
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[1] |
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]
Notes
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ 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]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "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.
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