Question

On 15 February 2013, the Chelyabinsk Meteor hit,
1. America
2. Canada
3. Mexico
4. Russia

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Russia

The correct answer is Russia.

• On 15 February 2013, the Chelyabinsk Meteor hit Russia.
• The Chelyabinsk meteor was a superbolide that entered the Earth's atmosphere over Russia on 15 February 2013 at 03:20 UTC.
• It was caused by a near-Earth asteroid of 66 ft with a velocity of 19.16 ± 0.15 km per second.
• Over the southern Ural region, it quickly became a brilliant super-bolide meteor.
• The light was brighter than the Sun from the meteor, visible up to 100 km away.
• Some eyewitnesses also felt the fireball's intense heat.
• The object exploded in an air explosion over the Chelyabinsk Oblast, at an altitude of about 29.7 km, due to its high velocity and shallow angle of atmospheric entry.
• Before its atmospheric entry, the object was undetected, in part because its radiant direction (source direction) was close to the Sun.