Back نيزك بيرنغ Arabic Kamtschatka-Superbolide German Bolide de la mer de Béring du 18 décembre 2018 French Камчатски метеор Macedonian Superbolid kamczacki Polish Meteoritul Kamceatka Romanian Камчатский метеорит Russian Kamčatský meteorit Slovak 堪察加隕石爆炸事件 Chinese
 The bolide captured by Himawari 8 operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency. | |
| Date | 18 December 2018 |
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| Time | 11:48 local time (23:48 UTC) |
| Location | The Bering Sea, near the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia |
| Coordinates | 56°54′N 172°24′E / 56.9°N 172.4°E |
| Cause | 10-14-meter (32-45-foot) asteroid[1] Impact energy: 173 kiloton Radiated energy: 130 TJ[2] |
The Kamchatka meteor was a meteor that exploded in an air burst off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in eastern Russia on 18 December 2018.[3] At around midday, local time,[4] an asteroid roughly 10 meters in diameter entered the atmosphere at a speed of 32.0 km/s (72,000 mph), with a TNT equivalent energy of 173 kilotons, more than 10 times the energy of the Little Boy bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.[3] The object entered at a steep angle of 7 degrees, close to the zenith, terminating in an air burst at an altitude of around 25 km (16 mi; 82,000 ft).[3][5]
- ^ Meteor Scientist Peter Brown
- ^ Fireball and Bolide Reports (JPL)
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