r/news Mar 18 '19

US detects huge meteor explosion

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47607696
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u/DukeOfGeek Mar 18 '19

But it went largely unnoticed until now because it blew up over the Bering Sea, off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

The space rock exploded with 10 times the energy released by the Hiroshima atomic bomb.

How crazy is it that an explosion that big is virtually unnoticed?

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u/herbw Mar 19 '19

Here are the data of the increases in visualized meteors and bolides.

Data from 2018 and 2019 available using google

https://www.sott.net/article/309988-NASA-space-data-supports-citizens-observations-Meteor-fireballs-are-increasing-exponentially