On Friday a meteorite exploded over central Russia in the Ural mountains damaging buildings, shattering windows and injuring over 1,200 people. It weighed about 10 metric tons and was travelling at a speed of 30 kilometres per second. The incident had no connection to an asteroid ( 2012 DA14 ) that passed fairly close to Earth at a distance of 27, 520 kilometres on the same day.
I wonder if the meteorite skidded on its side or if it came straight down.
That is a cool thing because a meteor usually doesn’t hit earth. I wonder if those people were scared ? I wonder if that meteor came from another meteor.
I remember when our class was learning about planets in space. It was very interesting.