Yesterday around 12:30 p.m. a large meteor passed ever so close
to earth. Just before it did, a meteorite hurled into the
earth’s atmosphere, exploding and crashing in Siberia, Russia
injuring nearly 1,000 people. This sounds like something out of
a science fiction movie – but it actually happened. When we
think of asteroids and meteorites, most of us think of doomsday
stories or the extinction of the dinosaurs. Not often do we
think of these space rocks actually entering and affecting our
everyday lives. But, recently they have done just that – entered
our lives on two separate days. As I awoke Friday morning, I
read the news of an incident in Siberia. One thousand people
were injured because of a freak occurrence – a meteorite entered
the earth’s atmosphere and came hurdling towards the Russia.
Just before crashing, the meteorite exploded due to the vast
speed at which it was traveling – more than 54,000 kilometers
per hour. Because of the speed and size of the meteorite – 10
tons – the explosion was so fie