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Meteorite streaked through the sky over the Chelyabinsk Region on February 15 and exploded in the atmosphere

MOSCOW, February 26 (RIA Novosti) – The powerful blast of a meteorite (click here) above the Urals city of Chelyabinsk was probably caused by its previous “space collisions” with other celestial bodies, said Professor Erik Galimov of the Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry.

Fragments of the meteorite were taken to the institute’s lab on Monday.

“[The meteorite] experienced collisions in space before entering the atmosphere. Probably, this caused its disintegration, or fragmentation, which later resulted in such a powerful blast. Such blasts to not always occur when meteors fall,” Galimov said.

And the reason there were blasts this time is because the meteor entered the atmosphere abruptly due to the asteroid 2012 DA14's close proximity.

He said that findings made by experts in Moscow confirmed preliminary results of the meteorite’s test in a lab of the Urals Federal University.

Windows were shattered and walls were damaged by shockwaves in thousands of mostly residential buildings, as the meteorite streaked through the sky over the Chelyabinsk Region on February 15 and exploded in the atmosphere. Over 1,500 people were injured, most by flying glass shards.

Scientists from Russia's Urals Federal University (click here) have discovered a meteorite fragment weighing more than one kilogram (2.2 lbs), the largest fragment found so far following the meteorite strike in the Chelyabinsk Region on February 15.

MOSCOW, February 26 (RIA Novosti) - The Chelyabinsk diocese (click here) of the Russian Orthodox Church said on Tuesday it would organize mass prayers on Thursday evening to thank God that no deaths occurred during the recent meteorite blast....