Red Letter Day for Meteorite Curator
A meteor shooting across the Russian sky. (Photo: YouTube screen grab)
The meteor explosion in Russia comes on the same day as an asteroid passes unusually close to Earth.
Anchor Carol Hills speaks with Denton Eble, curator of meteorites at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
Eble calls the two events a cosmic coincidence.
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