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0.3 kilotonnes of TNT (1.3 TJ) 16–24 km (10–15 mi) An airburst detected in El Paso and Las Cruces. The fireball traveled S-SE before disintegrating 10–15 miles above the surface with a loud explosion, traveling around 30,000 MPH. Luminosity is described only as "a very bright flash of light, bright orange-red, similar to a distant sunset".
A meteorite is a portion of a meteoroid or asteroid that survives its passage through the atmosphere and hits the ground without being destroyed. [22] Meteorites are sometimes, but not always, found in association with hypervelocity impact craters; during energetic collisions, the entire impactor may be vaporized, leaving no meteorites.
This is a list of largest meteorites on Earth. Size can be assessed by the largest fragment of a given meteorite or the total amount of material coming from the same meteorite fall: often a single meteoroid during atmospheric entry tends to fragment into more pieces. The table lists the largest meteorites found on the Earth's surface.
Harvard researchers found that when a meteorite nicknamed S2 paid a visit to our planet 3 billion years ago, it may have helped life flourish.
A meteorite crashed in the area of Mission, Texas, Wednesday night causing a loud boom that startled residents, authorities said. Meteorite crashes in South Texas causing startling boom ...
Date: 15 February 2013; 12 years ago (): Time: 09:20:29 YEKT (): Location: Chebarkul, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia: Coordinates: 1]: Also known as: Chelyabinsk meteorite [2]: Cause: Meteor air burst: Non-fatal injuries: 1,491 indirect injuries [3]: Property damage: Over 7,200 [4] buildings damaged, collapsed factory roof, shattered windows, $33 million (2013 USD) lost [5]: The Chelyabinsk meteor ...
There, geological evidence of eight impact events, which occurred between 3.6 billion and 3.2 billion years ago, can be found in the rocks and traced through tiny meteorite impact particles called ...
Radiometric methods can be used to date different stages of the history of a meteorite. Condensation from the solar nebula is recorded by calcium–aluminium-rich inclusions and chondrules . These can be dated by using radionuclides that were present in the solar nebula (e.g. 26 Al/ 26 Mg , 53 Mn/ 53 Cr, U/Pb , 129 I/ 129 Xe ).