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More on that Norwegian meteorite…
The Norwegian newspaper that reported on the meteorite that hit a remote part of that country last week has a follow-up article, complete with a photo of the impact site.
It looks like the comparison to the Hiroshima bomb was probably an over-estimation:
Truls Lynne Hansen of the Northern Lights Observatory (Nordlysobservatoriet) in Tromsø disputes Røed Ødegaard’s description, calling it an exaggeration.
“Our atmosphere is peppered with small stones from outer space all the time,” Hansen told newspaper Aftenposten. “Most burn up and disappear, but some land here.”
He thinks that what hit northern Norway last week was a stone weighing around 12 kilos (about 26 pounds). “Out in space it generated enormous speed, but after entering our atmosphere its tempo eased,” Hansen said. “This kind of meteorite isn’t radioactive and it’s not glowing when it hits the ground.”
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