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Siegel referenced the Chelyabinsk meteor, which entered Earth's atmosphere over Russia's Chelyabinsk Oblast in 2013. That object was approximately 60 ft (18 m) in diameter, large enough that upon ...
Another notable event involved the 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor, which was 66 feet in diameter. Chelyabinsk caused minimal damage to the area where it crash-landed, but its entry created an air burst.
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Another notable event involved the 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor, which was 66 feet in diameter. Chelyabinsk caused minimal damage to the area where it crash-landed, but its entry created an air burst.