> And of course if the 2013 Chelyabinsk bolide had been just a bit larger, then the city would no longer exist.
Looked it up, from Wikipedia:
> The power of the explosion was about 500 kilotons of TNT (about 1.8 PJ), which is 20–30 times more energy than was released from the atomic bomb detonated in Hiroshima. The city managed to avoid large casualties and destruction due to the high altitude of the explosion.
Looked it up, from Wikipedia:
> The power of the explosion was about 500 kilotons of TNT (about 1.8 PJ), which is 20–30 times more energy than was released from the atomic bomb detonated in Hiroshima. The city managed to avoid large casualties and destruction due to the high altitude of the explosion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelyabinsk#2013_meteor