OTD In Space - August 14: Meteorite Shower Hits Uganda
On Aug. 14, 1992, a meteorite entered the atmosphere over Mbale, Uganda and exploded into hundreds of pieces!
Debris from this meteorite shower was strewn over an area of about 2 by 4 miles, and the biggest piece weighed more than 60 pounds! Scientists estimated that the original meteorite weighed upwards of 2,000 pounds. A young boy was hit in the head with a smaller meteorite fragment, but thankfully no one was seriously injured or killed by any of the falling space rocks.
Debris from this meteorite shower was strewn over an area of about 2 by 4 miles, and the biggest piece weighed more than 60 pounds! Scientists estimated that the original meteorite weighed upwards of 2,000 pounds. A young boy was hit in the head with a smaller meteorite fragment, but thankfully no one was seriously injured or killed by any of the falling space rocks.
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00:00On this day in space.
00:03In 1992, a meteorite entered the atmosphere over Mbele, Uganda
00:07and exploded into hundreds of pieces.
00:10Debris from this meteorite shower was strewn over an area of about 2 by 4 miles
00:14and the biggest piece weighed more than 60 pounds.
00:17Scientists estimated that the original meteorite weighed upwards of 2,000 pounds.
00:22A young boy was hit in the head with a smaller meteorite fragment
00:25but thankfully no one was seriously injured or killed by any of the falling space rocks.
00:29And that's what happened on this day in space.
00:32Music.