#10YearsAgo today, a 10,000 ton meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia releasing energy roughly equivalent to 500-kilotons of TNT. Thousands of buildings were damaged and nearly 1,500 people were injured (though there were no fatalities).
Literally two days ago a student asked me about meteorites and I said hold on, let me find a clip of this one that exploded over Russia a couple years back.
If this impact event had happened over New York City, the insurance costs due to damages would be staggering! (I really would like to see an estimate of this - I'd include it in my asteroids and planetary defense lecture.)
Mathijs Booden
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Ryan Poirier (@rgpphotog)
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