Chelyabinsk - 1 Year Later
Hey Space Placers! One year ago today I was preparing to go on Fox 5 TV and discuss the very close approach of Asteroid 2012 DA14 . I checked my iPad for updates and was amazed at the stories coming out of Chelyabinsk, Russia regarding a huge fireball . I also made this event my top space story for 2013 as it was historic due to the number of injuries and damage to buildings it caused - the most ever recorded due to a asteroid/meteorite event. Chelyabinsk would go on to be the most documented meteorite fall ever due to the number of videos, sound recordings, photographs, witness interviews and the precise recovery process of associated meteorites, 3 of which I own. In the year that has passed we have learned much about not only the Chelyabinsk impactor and the threat posed by asteroids in general. Scientific papers have been written and more will surely follow. Chelyabinsk was a watershed event in the history of asteroids and impacts because of all the data gathered...