NASA - NPP Sees Aftermath of the Chelyabinsk Meteor

NASA - NPP Sees Aftermath of the Chelyabinsk Meteor

A meteor weighing 10,000 metric tons exploded only 23km above the city of Chelyabinsk in Russia on February 15, 2013. Unlike previous such events, this time scientists had the highly sensitive OMPS instrument on NPP to deliver unprecedented data and help them track and study the meteor plume for months.