Sentences with phrase «result of a small asteroid»
The destruction was the result of a small asteroid that entered Earth's atmosphere over the Russia / Kazakhstan border, about 60 miles south of the city.
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Rather than random occurrences, many large airbursts might result from collisions between Earth and streams of debris associated with small asteroids or comets.
In contrast, the smaller dark spots (which can appear as gray, brown, or red) may be the remains of low - speed, carbon - rich asteroids that splattered such» deposits» onto Vesta's surface, or they may be the result of higher - speed asteroid that melted and darkened volcanic basaltic crust on crater walls and floors, or on surrounding hills and ridges (NASA DAWN news release).