Tuesday, February 05, 2019

Updade on the Cuban Meteor

According to NASA, the meteor that exploded over western Cuba on Saturday exploded with an energy of about 1.4 kilotons. That makes it a couple of orders of magnitude smaller than the Chelyabinsk meteor.

This article from Gizmodo has more details.
The object that exploded over Cuba was likely much smaller, probably around the size of a van. Cuban media reported that locals found what they believed was what remained of it after it burned up in the atmosphere in the form of small, black rocks around the size of a mobile phone. Only minor property damage such as shattered windows—probably from the sonic boom generated by the object surpassing the speed of sound—was reported to have resulted, with no injuries.

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