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A meteor exploded (video featured) over Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, producing a shock wave that injured about 1,500 people.
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Chelyabinsk meteor
Near-Earth asteroid that fell over Russia in 2013
The Chelyabinsk meteor was a superbolide that entered Earth's atmosphere over the southern Ural region in Russia on 15 February 2013 at about 09:20 YEKT. It was caused by an approximately 18-meter (59.1 ft), 9,100-tonne (10,000-short-ton) near-Earth asteroid that entered the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Chelyabinsk Oblast
First-level administrative division of Russia
Chelyabinsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia in the Ural Mountains region, on the border of Europe and Asia. Its administrative center is the city of Chelyabinsk.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)