Terror in the skies of Russia

Graeme Poole

doi:10.1111/gto.12020

Terror in the skies of Russia

Graeme Poole^*

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School of Earth Sciences

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Abstract

It was just another normal day for the residents of the Russian town of Chelyabinsk as they set off for work on Friday 15 February 2013. A rock less than 20 metres wide changed all that. A meteor weighing some 11 000 tonnes hit the Earth's atmosphere above the Ural Mountains with an estimated speed of 18 km/s (65 000 km/h). It exploded over Chelyabinsk with the force of 30 Hiroshima bombs, causing a shockwave to tear through the region and injuring over 1500 people. It was the biggest meteor strike in the last 100 years, and undoubtedly the most archived ever.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	177-181
Number of pages	5
Journal	Geology Today
Volume	29
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12020
Publication status	Published - Sept 2013

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