3.26.2013

A Clearer View of the Space Bullet That Grazed Russia

Two fascinating items at The New York Times this morning about that meteor that exploded over Russia last month ...

First: A Clearer View of the Space Bullet That Grazed Russia.

"The Canadian team has calculated that the energy released in the Chelyabinsk explosion was the equivalent of about 440 kilotons of TNT, or about 30 times the power of the Hiroshima bomb."

Yikes.

And this video ...

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