The trajectory, structure and origin of the Chelyabinsk asteroidal impactor

Jiří Borovička (), Pavel Spurný, Peter Brown, Paul Wiegert, Pavel Kalenda, David Clark and Lukáš Shrbený
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Jiří Borovička: Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, CZ-251 65 Ondřejov, Czech Republic
Pavel Spurný: Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, CZ-251 65 Ondřejov, Czech Republic
Peter Brown: University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 3K7, Canada
Paul Wiegert: University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 3K7, Canada
Pavel Kalenda: Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, V Holešovičkách 41, CZ-18209 Praha 8, Czech Republic
David Clark: University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 3K7, Canada
Lukáš Shrbený: Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, CZ-251 65 Ondřejov, Czech Republic

Nature, 2013, vol. 503, issue 7475, 235-237

Abstract: Analysis of video records of the Chelyabinsk superbolide of 15 February 2013 show that its orbit was sufficiently similar to the orbit of asteroid 86039 (1999 NC43) to suggest that the two were once part of the same object.

Date: 2013
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