Bering Sea Fireball
A powerful bolide that exploded over the Bering Sea in December 2018 with roughly ten times the energy of the Hiroshima bomb — the largest airburst since Chelyabinsk, unnoticed at the time because it occurred over the remote ocean.
Overview
A powerful bolide that exploded over the Bering Sea in December 2018 with roughly ten times the energy of the Hiroshima bomb — the largest airburst since Chelyabinsk, unnoticed at the time because it occurred over the remote ocean.
Figures are given only where scientifically established; this page describes the event factually, without exaggeration.
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