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Did the Chelyabinsk meteor really "explode"?
All the news and video reports said the Chelyabinsk meteor "exploded" but is that strictly accurate?
To explode, doesn't the inside of something have to rapidly expand and shatter the outer shell (like a bomb or hand grenade), so how can the inside of a meteor heat up faster than the outside?
All the news and video reports said the Chelyabinsk meteor "exploded" but is that strictly accurate?
To explode, doesn't the inside of something have to rapidly expand and shatter the outer shell (like a bomb or hand grenade), so how can the inside of a meteor heat up faster than the outside?