A meteorite caused an explosion ten times stronger than the atomic bomb of Hiroshima

US satellites observed a small flare over the Bering Sea in the Pacific Ocean, which, after investigation, discovered that it was the second largest explosion of an asteroid recorded in the last 30 years.

The giant fireball hit the atmosphere with a force of 173 kilotons, that is to say ten times the force of the atomic bomb launched by the United States on Hiroshima at the end of the Second World War, August 6, 1945.

A meteorite fell in Cuba accompanied by a strong explosion

The event took place on December 18 and was captured by the Himawari-8 Japanese satellite, Himawari-8. However, the blast was announced months later after a survey conducted by Western Ontario universities in Canada and Queen's University in Belfast, UK. United

Simon Fier, Oxford University Aviation Safety Officer, Meteorologist and Satellite Data Specialist, shared his account Twitter photos from the Japanese satellite archive.

"Some colorful views of the meteorite that flew over the North Pacific in December 2018, taken by the Japanese satellite #Himawari.The meteorite is very clear, a bright orange fireball on the blue + white background!", A-t- he publishes.

Some color views of #meteor Who flew over the North Pacific in December 2018, caught by the Japanese #Himawari satellite.
The meteor is really clear here – bright orange fireball on the blue + white background!

Background: https://t.co/r403SQxicZ pic.twitter.com/ctNN8zxsXb

– Simon Proud (@simon_sat) March 18, 2019

The situation generates a great unknown: how can I have deposited on Earth a meteorite of such a size and not have discovered it? Although it was initially detected by the US Air Force satellites and by the infrasound stations installed to detect possible nuclear explosions. CNEOS, who tracks dangerous objects near the Earth, however, took months to register.

That is, in many occasions you need to badyze to find out exactly what it is. In addition, this occurred in a region of the planet far from the population; no witness was able to see or report it.

This explosion in the Bering Sea is the second largest in the last 30 years. The most important of all remains that of the Chelyabinsk asteroid in Russia six years ago. On this occasion, the asteroid released an energy of 440 kilotons, fell near the city of Chelyabinsk and caused several accidents and injuries. The shock wave and the lightning of the Chelyabinsk meteorite caused material damage, such as temporary flash blindness and injuries caused by glbad debris or glbad debris.

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