Chelyabinsk Meteor • High-fidelity Simulation Offers Insight into 2013 Atmospheric Disruption 10.3.23 VIDEO: The meteor is shown as a contour of the damage state (white intact, black fully-damaged). Shock-heated air nodes are displayed as points colored by their temperature. Initially fracture begins at the rear of the object. The crack then propagates forward eventually splitting the object into three coherent fragments. The fragments are disrupted shortly thereafter. Image courtesy of LLNL Pla

On February 15, 2013, a small asteroid exploded over the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia. Discover more space history 👉 https://trib.al/eaNrVt2 The shock wave from this explosion damaged thousands of buildings, and almost 1,500 people were injured by broken glass and other debris. The explosion was more powerful than a nuclear bomb, and it was so bright that it briefly outshone the sun! No one saw this giant space rock coming. At 60 feet in diameter, it was the largest thing to fall from space in m

On February 15, 2013, a meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, creating the most powerful atmospheric entry event in recorded history since the 1908 Tunguska explosion. The superbolide entered Earth's atmosphere at approximately 9:20 a.m. local time, traveling at over 40,000 miles per hour. The meteor measured roughly 20 meters in diameter and weighed an estimated 12,000-13,000 metric tons before its explosive disintegration. The airburst occurred at an altitude of about 18.5 miles above the