Asteroid Explodes Over Indonesia
INDONESIAN ASTEROID: Earlier this month, with no warning, a ~10-meter
wide asteroid hit Earth's atmosphere above Indonesia and exploded. The
break-up was so powerful, it triggered nuclear test ban sensors
thousands of kilometers away. A just-released analysis of infrasound
data shows that the asteroid detonated with an energy equivalent of
about 50 kton of TNT, similar to a small atomic bomb. This
significant impact has received relatively little attention in Western
press.
