Geography 2152F/G Lecture 4: Video Questions - Chelyabinsk Meteor
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There were low frequency waves were from the explosion that was measured to be larger than the hiroshima bomb. The chelyabinsk meteor fragments were found to be 90% rock and 10% metal. Density of an asteroid would determine the distance at which it will travel in the atmosphere and as well as what altitude it would explode. The meteor had numerous internal cracks and fractures as it entered the atmosphere where the stress exceeded the strength of the meteor: considering the massive explosion and shockwave, why wasn t the damage in.