Chelyabinsk meteor formed by dangerous asteroid 2011 EO40


This is Pastweb News, and today’s top story is that scientists have discovered an asteroid that may have caused the meteor that struck with huge consequences in Chelyabinsk, Russia. It is called 2011 EO40, and some fragments of the asteroid could still be at large, orbiting very close to Earth. 2011 EO40 is about 200 metres across, as a cluster of rocks, so we still may need to watch the other fragments, as they can cause considerable damage on Earth.

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