PITTSBURGH (AP) — Scientists say a meteor that caused an earthshaking boom across suburban Pittsburgh on New Year’s Day exploded in the atmosphere with an energy blast equivalent to an estimated 30 tons of TNT.
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NASA estimates metrics of exploding meteor that shook ground
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NASA estimates size and mass of exploding Pittsburgh meteor
NASA is weighing in on the New Year’s Day boom heard around the Pittsburgh region. Researchers confirmed that an exploding meteor was the “likely culprit” and have ballparked the size of the object at about one-yard wide — with the energy the equivalent of 30 tons of TNT, according to
Scientists have released a size and mass estimate of an exploding meteor believed to have caused a loud boom and shaking of the ground across portions of suburban Pittsburgh on New Year's Day.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Scientists say a meteor that caused an earthshaking boom across suburban Pittsburgh on New Year’s Day exploded in the atmosphere with an energy blast equivalent to an estimated 30 tons of TNT.
The bolide — a meteor brighter than Venus — is believed to have weighed about 1,000 pounds, measured a yard in diameter and shot through the atmosphere at 45,000 mph, NASA said.
A meteor exploded in the atmosphere with a blast equivalent to 30 tons of TNT, NASA said on Monday. The sounds were heard in Pittsburgh a few minutes before 11:30 a.m. on Saturday.
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