Tag: Ignacio Ferrin

• Wednesday, February 27th 2013 - 05:30 UTC

  Colombian astronomers trace the origin of the meteor that crashed in Russia

  

  Astronomers from Colombia have traced the origin of a meteor that injured about 1,000 people after breaking up over central Russia earlier this month.Using amateur video footage, they were able to plot the meteor's trajectory through Earth's atmosphere and then reconstruct its orbit around the Sun.