Chelyabinsk meteor airburst (2013)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Chelyabinsk_meteor_airburst_(2013)
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf meteor airburst
gptkbp:altitude_of_airburst ~29.7 km
gptkbp:cause_of_injuries glass from shattered windows
gptkbp:country gptkb:Russia
gptkbp:date 2013-02-15
gptkbp:destroyedBy ~7,200 buildings
gptkbp:energy_released ~470 kilotons of TNT
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Chelyabinsk meteor airburst (2013)
gptkbp:injuries ~1,500 people
gptkbp:largest_meteor_since gptkb:1908_Tunguska_event
gptkbp:location gptkb:Chelyabinsk_Oblast
gptkbp:object_airburst_altitude ~29.7 km
gptkbp:object_brightness brighter than the sun
gptkbp:object_caused_car_alarms_to_go_off true
gptkbp:object_caused_communication_disruptions true
gptkbp:object_caused_damage_to_buildings true
gptkbp:object_caused_injuries true
gptkbp:object_caused_meteorite_fall true
gptkbp:object_caused_power_outages true
gptkbp:object_caused_school_closures true
gptkbp:object_caused_shockwave true
gptkbp:object_caused_temporary_blindness true
gptkbp:object_composition stony chondrite
gptkbp:object_detected_by infrasound sensors
gptkbp:object_diameter ~20 meters
gptkbp:object_entered_atmosphere 2013-02-15 09:20 local time
gptkbp:object_entered_atmosphere_at_shallow_angle true
gptkbp:object_explosion_energy ~470 kilotons of TNT
gptkbp:object_explosion_sound sonic boom
gptkbp:object_fragments_recovered gptkb:Chebarkul_Lake
gptkbp:object_impactor_type asteroid fragment
gptkbp:object_led_to_increased_funding_for asteroid detection programs
gptkbp:object_led_to_increased_interest_in planetary defense
gptkbp:object_mass ~13,000 metric tons
gptkbp:object_meteorite_fragments_displayed_at gptkb:Chelyabinsk_Regional_Museum
gptkbp:object_name gptkb:Chelyabinsk_meteor
gptkbp:object_not_detected_before_entry true
gptkbp:object_observed_by thousands of people
gptkbp:object_orbit Apollo group
gptkbp:object_speed ~19 km/s
gptkbp:object_studied_by gptkb:NASA
gptkb:Russian_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:European_Space_Agency
gptkbp:object_trajectory from east to west
gptkbp:object_video_recorded true
gptkbp:type gptkb:asteroid
gptkbp:window_breakage ~100,000 windows
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Yemanzhelinsk
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6