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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_15
2013 – A meteor explodes over Russia, injuring 1,500 people as a shock wave blows out windows and rocks buildings. This happens unexpectedly only hours before the expected closest ever approach of the larger and unrelated asteroid 2012 DA14.
Play media (image link) Meteor fireball seen from Kamensk-Uralsky where it was still dawn, in an oblast north of Chelyabinsk Location of the meteor | |
Date | 15 February 2013 |
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Time | 09:20 YEKT (UTC+06:00) |
Location | |
Coordinates | 55.150°N 61.410°ECoordinates: 55.150°N 61.410°E[1] |
Also known as | Chelyabinsk meteorite[2] |
Cause | Meteor air burst |
Non-fatal injuries | 1,491 non-direct injuries.[3] |
Property damage | Over 7,200[4] damaged buildings, collapsed factory roof, shattered windows |
The Chelyabinsk meteor
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367943 Duende, provisional designation 2012 DA14, is a micro-asteroid and a near-Earth object of the Aten and Atira group, approximately 30 meters (98 ft) in diameter. It was discovered by astronomers of the Astronomical Observatory of Mallorca at its robotic La Sagra Observatory in 2012, and named for the duende, a goblin-like creature from Iberian and Filipino mythology and folklore.
Diagram of Duende passing Earth on 15 February 2013.
It passed 27,743 kilometers (17,239 mi) above Earth's surface, closer than satellites in geosynchronous orbit.
1879 – Women's rights: US President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
A small step for women, a giant leap for womenkind.
And it still took another 40 years for women to get the right to vote.
The fact that this didn't happen until 100 years ago is one of the most mind boggling, discriminatory/unjust facts of human history.