Print Email Facebook Twitter Chelyabinsk airburst, damage assessment, meteorite recovery, and characterization Title Chelyabinsk airburst, damage assessment, meteorite recovery, and characterization Author Popova, O.P. Jenniskens, P. Emel'yanenko, V. Kartashova, A. Biryukov, E. Khaibrakhmanov, S. Shuvalov, V. Rybnov, Y. Dudorov, A. Grokhovsky, V.I. Badyukov, D.D. Yin, Q.Z Gural, P.S. Albers, J. Granvik, M. Evers, L.G. Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Geoscience & Engineering Date 2013-11-07 Abstract The asteroid impact near the Russian city of Chelyabinsk on 15 February 2013 was the largest airburst on Earth since the 1908 Tunguska event, causing a natural disaster in an area with a population exceeding one million. Because it occurred in an era with modern consumer electronics, field sensors, and laboratory techniques, unprecedented measurements were made of the impact event and the meteoroid that caused it. Here, we document the account of what happened, as understood now, using comprehensive data obtained from astronomy, planetary science, geophysics, meteorology, meteoritics, and cosmochemistry and from social science surveys. A good understanding of the Chelyabinsk incident provides an opportunity to calibrate the event, with implications for the study of near-Earth objects and developing hazard mitigation strategies for planetary protection To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:1b8ba20b-c80d-4a55-aceb-6f219be9d3a3 Publisher American Association for the Advancement of Science Embargo date 2014-05-07 ISSN 1095-9203 Source Science, 342 (6162), 2013. Post-print version. Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights (c) The authors Files PDF 301530.pdf 1.26 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:1b8ba20b-c80d-4a55-aceb-6f219be9d3a3/datastream/OBJ/view