The history of the car that fell in 2013 generated fear in the inhabitants of the area, since despite its size it left a devastating path in Chelyabinsk.
A meteorite which had been classified as ”potentially dangerous” fell this tuesday in Eastern Siberia, Russia. The racing car, whose name is C0WEPC5was discovered just a few hours before entering Earth and was seen by inhabitants of the region.
Earlier today, the teacher Viktor Grokhovsk had anticipated the event through the Telegram channel of the Ural Federal University: ”Scientists from our university will observe the trajectory of a small asteroid that will enter today at 19:17 Moscow time (14:17 GMT) in the Earth’s atmosphere.
Upon entering the Earth’s atmosphere, the asteroid It disintegrated into multiple fragments, probably scattering small rocks across a remote forested area. Fortunately, due to its size and location, No injuries or major damage were reported..
According to the data of the European Space Agency (ESA, for its acronym in English), the object entered the atmosphere around 1:00 p.m. (Argentine time) in the region of Yakutia and it was scheduled to fall between the towns of Okeminsk and Lensk, which are located about 500 and 800 kilometers, respectively, from the regional capital. In addition, the Russian space agency Roscosmos estimated the diameter of the meteorite between half a meter and two meters, describing it as “potentially dangerous.” For its part, the ESA detailed a diameter of 70 centimeters.
The news had generated fear
The astronomer Vladilen Sanakoyevhad assured: “After entering the atmosphere, a very bright explosion will be seen and probably even a roar like thunder will be heard.” According to the scientist, several kilograms of extraterrestrial matter could reach the surface of the Earth in the form of calcined stones.
Likewise, Sanakóyev admitted that if it were an asteroid composed of iron and nickel, it could reach the Earth’s surface up to a tenth of its initial mass, estimated at 5 tons. Due to its dimensions, the asteroid It was only detected shortly before approaching Earth.
However, at times there was fear among the inhabitants of the area, since they had predicted that it would be “dark over the impact site and for several hundred kilometers around there will be an impressive and very bright fireball in the sky”; And Russia has also suffered a fairly recent impact in 2013, with the fall of a meteorite in the city of Chelyabinsk, which left more than 1,500 injured in the region, 319 of them children.
Source: Ambito
