![]() The bolide captured by Himawari 8 operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency. | |
Date | 18 December 2018 |
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Time | 11:48 local time (23:48 UTC) |
Location | The Bering Sea, near the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia |
Coordinates | 56°54′N 172°24′E / 56.9°N 172.4°E |
Cause | 10-14-meter (32-45-foot) asteroid[1] Impact energy: 173 kiloton Radiated energy: 130 TJ[2] |
The Kamchatka meteor was a meteor that exploded in an air burst off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in eastern Russia on 18 December 2018.[3] At around midday, local time,[4] an asteroid roughly 10 meters in diameter entered the atmosphere at a speed of 32.0 km/s (72,000 mph), with a TNT equivalent energy of 173 kilotons, more than 10 times the energy of the Little Boy bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.[3] The object entered at a steep angle of 7 degrees, close to the zenith, terminating in an air burst at an altitude of around 25 km (16 mi; 82,000 ft).[3][5]
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