Chelyabinsk meteor

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]}

2013 Chelyabinsk meteor

Trail o the meteor ower Chelyabinsk Location of the meteor event
Date	15 Februar 2013 (2013-02-15)
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	55.05°N 59.8°E / 55.05; 59.8
Kent forby as	KEF-2013
Cause	Meteor
Non-fatal injures	1,491[1]
Property damage	Collapsed factory roof, shattered windaes

Notes

1. 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

1. "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)
2. "Russian Meteor". NASA. Archived frae the original on 18 Februar 2013. Retrieved 15 Februar 2013.
3. "Meteor in central Russia injures at least 500". USA Today. Retrieved 15 Februar 2013.
4. "100 injured by meteorite falls in Russian Urals". Mercury News. 15 Februar 2013. Retrieved 15 Februar 2013.
5. Major, Jason. "Meteor Blast Rocks Russia". Universe today. Retrieved 15 Februar 2013.
6. "500 injured by blasts as meteor falls in Russia". Yahoo News. Archived frae the original on 18 Februar 2013. Retrieved 15 Februar 2013.
7. 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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