Read more in NOAO Press Release 17-04: https://www.noao.edu/news/2017/pr1704.php
In 2013 a small, house-sized meteor hurtled through the Earth’s atmosphere
Exploding over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk
Releasing ten times the energy of the Hiroshima bomb
Shattering windows in thousands of apartment blocks
More than a thousand people were treated for injuries from flying debris
How many similar-sized rocks have orbits that bring them close to the Earth?
A new study answers that question
Using the Dark Energy Camera on the Blanco telescope
At the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory is managed by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc. (AURA) under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation.
Video Credits:
Asteroid Discovery From 1980 - 2010
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_d-gs0WoUw
Credit: Scott Manley
Blanco Interior Time-Lapse - Aug 13, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN4YK52X77A
Credit: The Dark Energy Survey
Chelyabinsk Meteor Shockwave Compilation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq02C_3FvFo
Credit: englishrussiatv
Chelyabinsk meteor, Russia - 15.02.2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y_gkNCdl0s
Credit: Lesley Tub
CTIO-drone-footage
https://www.facebook.com/178745152210306/videos/1093559414062204/
Credit: Mauricio Guerrero Santis (
[email protected])
Dusk to Dawn with Moonset at CTIO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jugrnFOCG0
Credit: Rongpu Zhou
