Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Meteor Enters Earth's Atmosphere It is estimated that the meteor was walking with a speed of about 138 thousand kilometers per hour

On May 20th,2011 ago,a meteor of humans ie,measuring 6 feet or about 1.8 feet almost hit the Earth.Meteor that penetrates Earth's atmosphere until he finally burned out. Precisely in the area of ​​Georgia,the United States.
Meteor had a chance to leave the four flames when he split to pieces in recent times the explosion.
According to records,this meteorite is the largest meteor ever observed since NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center operates from three years ago. It is estimated, it is seriphan from an unknown comet entering the atmosphere at an altitude of about 100 kilometers above the town of Macon,Georgia, United States.

From the recordings captured by two cameras NASA, it is known that the meteor was moving northwest at about 38 kilometers per second or about 138 thousand kilometers per hour.

With this speed, a foreign object that has a similar energy with 500 to 1,000 tons of TNT bombs if it hit Earth.

(Source: NASA / Space.com)