Name: Nadia
Date: 21 February
Teacher: Mrs. Medenica
Class: Science 7B
Article Title: Space Storm
Date of Article: Kelli Plasket
On February 15th, on a clear day, in the town of Chelyabinsk in Russia, an explosion was heard and a big streak of light burst across the sky. A meteor weighing 10-tons has exploded about 24 miles away from the Earth's surface. It was approaching the Earth at 33,000 miles per hour and its explosion was very powerful and was the largest space rock recorded to hit the Earth in more than 100 years. This explosion injured almost 1500 people the repair of the damage is estimated to cost about 33 million dollars! Meteors are smaller pieces of rocks that break of comets or asteroids. Scientists have found more than 50 fragments of the meteor in a lake located in the Ural Mountains.
In my opinion, this is a very sad event because of the injuries, damage and destruction, however, it is a very good opportunity for scientists to observe fragments of the meteor and find out information. I found this article very interesting because it explained how this event happened and what it cause and explained information about meteors that I didn't know before.
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