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Earth approaching objects (objects that are known in the next 30 days)
Object Name	Apporach Date	Left	AU Distance	LD Distance	Estimated Diameter*	Relative Velocity
(2003 FY6)	22nd March 2013	0 day(s)	0.0539	21.0	90 m - 200 m	13.25 km/s	47700 km/h
(2012 FM35)	22nd March 2013	0 day(s)	0.0887	34.5	9.9 m - 22 m	5.81 km/s	20916 km/h
(2008 SE85)	24th March 2013	2 day(s)	0.1018	39.6	330 m - 730 m	22.70 km/s	81720 km/h
(2005 EF)	25th March 2013	3 day(s)	0.1774	69.0	200 m - 450 m	11.60 km/s	41760 km/h
(2006 KY86)	26th March 2013	4 day(s)	0.1941	75.6	320 m - 710 m	12.96 km/s	46656 km/h
96315 (1997 AP10)	27th March 2013	5 day(s)	0.1178	45.9	1.1 km - 2.5 km	19.68 km/s	70848 km/h
350462 (1998 KG3)	28th March 2013	6 day(s)	0.1294	50.4	95 m - 210 m	3.08 km/s	11088 km/h
(2007 UH)	28th March 2013	6 day(s)	0.1977	77.0	110 m - 240 m	10.08 km/s	36288 km/h
4034 Vishnu	31st March 2013	9 day(s)	0.1528	59.5	420 m	12.14 km/s	43704 km/h
(2012 EH5)	31st March 2013	9 day(s)	0.1539	59.9	38 m - 84 m	8.73 km/s	31428 km/h
(2011 EM11)	01st April 2013	10 day(s)	0.1919	74.7	32 m - 72 m	8.09 km/s	29124 km/h
(2005 TS15)	06th April 2013	15 day(s)	0.0391	15.2	170 m - 380 m	20.61 km/s	74196 km/h
(2012 XO111)	08th April 2013	17 day(s)	0.1965	76.5	160 m - 360 m	12.38 km/s	44568 km/h
(2002 TR190)	09th April 2013	18 day(s)	0.1115	43.4	380 m - 840 m	13.96 km/s	50256 km/h
(2012 VH5)	10th April 2013	19 day(s)	0.1958	76.2	83 m - 190 m	9.03 km/s	32508 km/h
(2010 GM23)	12th April 2013	21 day(s)	0.0099	3.9	31 m - 69 m	13.14 km/s	47304 km/h
(2011 GF)	12th April 2013	21 day(s)	0.1482	57.7	170 m - 390 m	20.09 km/s	72324 km/h
(2003 EO16)	19th April 2013	28 day(s)	0.1837	71.5	220 m - 480 m	11.40 km/s	41040 km/h
1 AU = ~150 million kilometers,1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers Source: NASA-NEO

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Slideshow: Meteorite showers in Siberia

Yekaterina Pustynnikova / Chelyabinsk.ru via AP

A huge meteor flared through the skies over Russia's Chelyabinsk region, triggering a powerful shock wave that injured nearly a thousand people, blew out windows and reportedly caused the roof of a factory to collapse.

A meteor 15 meters across flared through the skies over Russia's Chelyabinsk region early Friday, triggering an atomic bomb-sized shock wave that injured nearly a thousand people, blew out windows and caused some Russians to fear the end of the world.

It was the largest reported fireball since the Tunguska event in 1908 – an asteroid that flattened millions of trees over a wide area in Siberia – according to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Multiple amateur videos posted online showed the meteor’s flaring arc – called a bolide by scientists – as it crossed the western Siberia sky. Others from the scene included the sound of a loud boom, followed by a cacophony of car alarms. One video showed the hurried evacuation of an office building in Chelyabinsk.

Eugeny Khazheev / EPA

chelyabinsk.ru via Reuters

“There was panic. People had no idea what was happening. Everyone was going around to people’s houses to check if they were OK,” Chelyabinsk resident Sergey Hametov told The Associated Press. “We saw a big burst of light then went outside to see what it was and we heard a really loud thundering sound.”

Another resident described the meteorite's “flash."

"I was standing at a bus stop, seeing off my girlfriend," Andrei, a local resident who did not give his second name, told Reuters. "Then there was a flash and I saw a trail of smoke across the sky and felt a shock wave that smashed windows."

The fireball’s trail, which JPL reported was visible for about 30 seconds and said was “brighter than the sun,” lit up one man’s morning commute. “I was driving to work, it was quite dark, but it suddenly became as bright as if it was day,” Viktor Prokofiev told Reuters. “I felt like I was blinded by headlights.”

Estimates of the number of people injured swelled throughout the day, with early reports putting those hurt around 500, with close to 100 people hospitalized. Chelyabinsk health official Marina Moskvicheva later said as many as 985 people had requested medical assistance in the city, many for injuries caused by flying glass. More than 200 children at Chelyabinsk schools, which had just opened, were among the injured, according to officials.

Russia’s interior ministry said the shock wave caused the roof of a zinc factory's warehouse to collapse, but that no fatalities were reported.

The fireball entered Earth’s atmosphere at 18 km per second, and released hundreds of kilotons of energy, JPL said. The blast's force was the equivalent of the nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during WWII – many times over.

Chelyabinsk Region Branch Of Rus / EPA

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Massive meteor rocks Russia, 1k+ injured

RTAmerica

Published on Feb 15, 2013

On Friday, the people of Chelyabinsk had their world rocked after a meteor streaked across the sky and made contact in the region. The blast in the industrial region injured over one thousand people and blew out windows of building in the area. According to reports, the meteor weighed approximately 11 tons and RT's Lindsay France brings us more on the damage from this rare phenomenon.

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Earth Watch Report - Space

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Earth approaching objects (objects that are known in the next 30 days)
Object Name	Apporach Date	Left	AU Distance	LD Distance	Estimated Diameter*	Relative Velocity
(1999 SF10)	18th November 2012	2 day(s)	0.0346	13.5	41 m - 92 m	4.08 km/s	14688 km/h
(2009 WB105)	23rd November 2012	7 day(s)	0.0400	15.6	59 m - 130 m	18.86 km/s	67896 km/h
(2007 VB188)	24th November 2012	8 day(s)	0.1446	56.3	14 m - 32 m	10.32 km/s	37152 km/h
(1994 XD)	26th November 2012	10 day(s)	0.0518	20.2	400 m - 890 m	20.03 km/s	72108 km/h
(2009 LS)	27th November 2012	11 day(s)	0.1418	55.2	670 m - 1.5 km	25.88 km/s	93168 km/h
(2010 VW98)	28th November 2012	12 day(s)	0.1321	51.4	81 m - 180 m	7.03 km/s	25308 km/h
(2009 XH8)	29th November 2012	13 day(s)	0.1288	50.1	61 m - 140 m	6.70 km/s	24120 km/h
(2008 WJ60)	07th December 2012	21 day(s)	0.1631	63.5	160 m - 350 m	9.11 km/s	32796 km/h
(2007 WM3)	07th December 2012	21 day(s)	0.1561	60.8	64 m - 140 m	9.47 km/s	34092 km/h
(2008 YZ28)	08th December 2012	22 day(s)	0.1637	63.7	270 m - 590 m	21.11 km/s	75996 km/h

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