Steinar Midtskogen Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Steinar Midtskogen We do not yet know for sure the size of meteor. It could be a rock weighing a few hundred kilograms, but we only expect a small part of this body to have reached the ground, our preliminary analysis suggests that it entered Earth's atmosphere at a speed of about 15 km/s( 9.3 miles per second) and it fragmented in a series of bright flashes between 35 and 25 km( 22 and 15.5 miles) above ground. Steinar Midtskogen A minute later or more a loud rumbling sound could be heard over a large area, perhaps up to 100 km( about 62 miles) away from where the meteor was seen straight overhead. Steinar Midtskogen Doors and hatches were blown open and there were gusts of wind. No damage has been reported, though. Steinar Midtskogen This would make a recovery of meteorites very valuable for science. Steinar Midtskogen
