Attached below is 1.) a composite video of the meteorite that struck in Russia today, and; 2.) a Google Earth picture of the location of the city where it struck.
Where in Russia was it?
Where’s that?
Latitude: 55° 9’48.21″N
Longitude: 61°24’8.78″E
Okay… where’s that?
Look for the Caspian Sea, then go NORTH, and slightly EAST.
(See the Google Earth picture attached below, and look for the YELLOW push pin which marks the city.)
Russian meteorite site GoogleEarth_Image
And just as a point of clarification…
METEOR: a small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth’s atmosphere, becoming incandescent as a result of friction and appearing as a streak of light.
METEORITE: a meteor that survives its passage through the earth’s atmosphere such that part of it strikes the ground.
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