Meteor strike

Meteor strike

DVD - 2013

On February 15th, car cameras and cellphones captured a blinding streak that flashed across the sky over Russia's Ural Mountains, followed by an explosion that injured some 1,500 people. The meteor, weighing around 10,000 tons, was the largest object to burst in the atmosphere since 1908. Within days, Nova crews were in Russia following impact scientists as they hunted for debris from the explosion and clues to the meteor's origin.

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Subjects
Meteorites.
Meteorites > Russia.
Science television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Science television programs
Documentary television programs
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[United States] : PBS Distribution [2013]
Language
English
Corporate Authors
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), PBS Distribution (Firm)
Corporate Authors
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) (-), PBS Distribution (Firm)
Other Authors
Susannah Ward (film producer), Corey Johnson, 1961- (-)
Edition
Widescreen
Physical Description
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD, region 1, NTSC; widescreen presentation; stereo.
Production Credits
Edited by Paul Crosby, Zilke Lemmer ; music, Audio Network.
ISBN
9781608839049
Contents unavailable.
Review by School Library Journal Review

Gr 9 Up-The February 2013 explosion and crash of a 7,000 ton asteroid to the ground near the Ural Mountains in Russia is covered in this fascinating production. The crash caused property damage and injuries in the city of Chelyabinsk. An international team of scientists rushed to collect data from the historic event, which was of a magnitude comparable to a similar event that occurred in 1908 in Tunguska, Siberia. Cell phone cameras, YouTube uploads, and digital car dashboard cameras filmed the meteor explosion. Using mathematical formulas, the scientists were able to calculate the speed, trajectory, and size of the asteroid. They hope that this information will be able to help detect future asteroid collisions. The video has good sound and picture quality and utilizes computer animation to illustrate the math principles and to reconstruct the event. Sure to lead to interesting classroom discussions.-Ryan Henry, Daviess County Public Library, Owensboro, KY (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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