Earth's Biggest Hitters: Meteorites, Comets and Asteroids (Webcast)
Date: March 22, 2013
Running Time: 00:15:00
Several large asteroids have recently had near misses with the earth, a meteorite exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, and 2013 brings two comets into view from the Northern Hemisphere. Physicist Paul Doherty looks into the science behind these events.
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