Yelets meteorite

Today at 4:10 am many of the inhabitants of Yelets woke up from a terrible rumble and a slight shaking of the walls. And you heard it not only in Yelets, but in Livny in Orel. As it turned out, it was a small meteorite. He even recorded on video by one of the locals of the Northern part of Lipetsk region.

From the trail it was also observed in the surrounding areas.

The American space Agency NASA has published a report about this incident. More information about the incident can be found on the NASA website. The Agency reported on the fall of the meteorite. Similar phenomena record an average of 25 per year.

The duration of the flight "Lipetsk meteorite" in the video amounted to 4-5 seconds. Cosmic body approached the Earth at a speed of 15 kilometers per second. Breaking capacity of 3 kilotons of TNT were made at the height of 27 kilometers from the planet's surface. According to experts, debris could reach the Earth's surface. In search of them already traveled group of people in the Lipetsk region.

First, it was assumed that it was space junk, flooded the near-earth space. Now, however, experts tend to believe that it was a meteor, as the artificial celestial objects enter the atmosphere more slowly and at a steep angle, and here we see a rapid vertical drop.

As shown by the data of the European weather satellite Meteosat, the meteorite exploded on the border of Tula and Lipetsk regions. By its brightness he was assigned to the category of superbolides.

According to NASA satellite data, the power of the explosion was three kilotons of TNT, the speed of the object was 14,6 km/s, and the explosion occurred at an altitude of 28 km, On the basis of this information, astronomers have calculated that before the entry of the meteorite reached at least three meters. It is likely that part of the debris fell to the ground.

Although Lipetsk meteorite was much smaller Chelyabinsk, which reached 19.8 per metre to densely populated areas such events are rare. Typically, these objects explode over the ocean.

Currently, scientists are busy identifying the exact crash site of the space the guest and ask all witnesses to share the footage.

Translated by «Yandex.Translator»