- Meg Urry: Friday was an extremely unusual day, astronomically speaking
- Urry: The probability that a meteor hits and an asteroid passes by is improbable
- She says the chance of the two events happening on the same
- Meg Urry: Friday was an extremely unusual day, astronomically speaking
- Urry: The probability that a meteor hits and an asteroid passes by is improbable
- She says the chance of the two events happening on the same day is about 1 in 100 million
- Urry: Even though we think they could be connected, the two rare events are not connected
Friday was an extremely unusual day, astronomically speaking. Just as scientists were gearing up to witness an asteroid's closest ever approach to Earth in recorded history, a sizeable meteor exploded over Russia, causing thousands of injuries and major damage to buildings.
The asteroid, named DA14, came within 17,000 miles or so, as close as a telecommunication satellite in 