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Each year, tens of thousands of tons of meteorites fly into the Earth's atmosphere, but they mostly burn up in Earth's atmosphere, according to scientists. Source: Marat Akhmetvaleev / marateaman.livejournal.com RBTH Urals scientists find more meteorite pieces in Chelyabinsk region Former NASA astronaut Ed Lu: Russia, Cuba to work together on space exploration Scientists: Most of meteorite mass sunken in Lake Chebarkul New station may be built above lunar orbit when ISS project is over Some 600 residential buildings damaged by falling meteorite glazed in Urals Saturday The meteorite shower in Russia's Urals puzzled scientists and politicians. In this photo provided by Chelyabinsk.ru a meteorite contrail is seen over Chelyabinsk on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. Source: AP / Yekaterina Pustynnikova
Scientists see no threats for Earth in next 200 years Urals scientists find more meteorite pieces in Chelyabinsk region

How to predict a meteor shower

By Elena Gutkina, special to RBTH
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February 22, 2013
Tags: meteorite explosion, science, chelyabinsk, astronomy

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