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| Meteor Fireball Blazes Across Siberian City of Omsk
Motorists were given an extraordinary experience as the meteor blazed across the sky. Motorists in the city of Omsk in Siberia were treated to the rare phenomenon as the falling space rock crashed to earth. The meteor, which appeared in the Omsk Oblast, appeared to be a massive fireball and was visible for miles. However experts say the flaring object was actually probably small enough to fit in your pocket. Vladimir Krupko, head of the local planetarium, said: "Most likely it was a small meteorite, the size of a walnut. "Since it was flying up high in the air, it was visible from other cities as well. "When it entered the atmosphere it caught fire at about 120 kilometres (74.5 miles) above the ground, and by the time it was 40-60 kilometres (25-37 miles) above the ground the fire had gone out." Despite there being plenty of larger objects whizzing around our solar system, no large meteorites, which are debris from a comet, asteroid, or meteoroid, are expected for at least 100 years,