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A meteor explodes over Russia, injuring 1,500 people as a shock wave blows out windows and rocks buildings. This happens unexpectedly only hours before the expected closest ever approach of the larger and unrelated asteroid 2012 DA14.
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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)
367943 Duende
Near-Earth object
367943 Duende (provisional designation 2012 DA14) is a micro-asteroid and a near-Earth object of the Aten and Atira group, approximately 30 meters (98 ft) in diameter. It was discovered by astronomers of the Astronomical Observatory of Mallorca at its robotic La Sagra…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)