The Chelyabinsk meteor was a superbolide that entered Arriving Earth 's atmosphere over Russia on 15 February 2013 at about 09:20 YEKT ( 03:20 UTC ) .

Due to its high velocity and shallow angle of atmospheric entry , the object exploded Attack in an air burst Motion over Chelyabinsk Oblast , at a height of around .

The Chelyabinsk meteor is also the only meteor confirmed Check to have resulted in Causation a large number of injuries Bodily_harm .