10 Years Ago Today, the Chelyabinsk Meteor Exploded Over Russia

The meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, on February 15, 2013, at around 9:20 a.m. local time.

NASA says that the meteor was traveling around 11 miles per second (17 kilometers per second) when it entered the atmosphere.

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