In 2013, an asteroid the size of a house entered Earth's atmosphere over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk ... About once every 2,000 years, a meteorite the size of a football field impacts Earth and ...
The odds are about 1% that the football field-sized object could hit the Earth, but that makes it the closest call in more ...
Still, even localized damage would be significant. It's possible to retroactively determine where impact events would have rated on the Torino Scale, had they been observed before striking. The ...
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The event Raisani describes is known as the Chelyabinsk meteor, which began as an asteroid that entered Earth's atmosphere on Feb. 13, 2013, at approximately 60 ft. in diameter and weighing 10,000 ...
About once every 2,000 years, a meteorite the size of a football field impacts Earth and causes huge damage, according to NASA. Meteor Crater in Arizona is considered the best-preserved meteorite ...
Joe Velaidum of Charlottetown on Prince Edward Island narrowly avoided a collision with an incoming meteorite at his home in July.