Oops! Russian Meteor Was 1000 Times Bigger Than Thought... Oh, An

by alexoscarew | February 20, 2013 at 09:20 pm
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http://newsdoors.blogspot.com/2013/02/oops-russian-meteor-was-1000-times.html

It turns out the meteor that landed in Russia last week was a bit bigger than the 10 tons first reported. About 1,000 times bigger.

When a hunk of rock raced out of the morning skies over Russia on Friday and exploded with nearly 500 kilotons of energy, early size estimates from the Russian Academy of Sciences that were carried by the Associated Press, Reuters and other news wires pegged it on the small size, with a weight of about 10 tons.

Oops.
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