central russia on friday as onlookers watched in horror magna. meteor explosion triggered chaos in the streets. more than a thousand people were injured including 200 children. then last night another meteor spotted here in the united states. take a look at this video caught on dash cam video in the bay area in california. what is going on? why are we seeing all these meteors suddenly. popular science magazine dave mosier. nice to see you this morning. nice to see you. are we seeing more of these as a result of camera phones smart phones or seeing a spike of the number of meteors hitting earth lately? it s absolutely because we have cam ares in our dash phones, cell phones, these are logging meteors all over the place. in russia where there is a lot of crime, corruption. drivers put these in their dash because they want to be
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a lot more on this coming up, jon. jon: what exploded over russia was a meteor. what is about to fly by the earth later today is an astroid. they are both essentially big space rocks. so what is the difference? an astroid defined as a large rocky body in orbit around the sun while a meteor is a smaller, rocky body that has entered the earth s atmosphere. you can sometimes see them in the sky. we know them as shooting stars. if a meteor survives its fiery trip to the ground, which doesn t actually happen all that often, it then becomes a meteorite. jenna: good information. if any of our viewers are on a game show, jon that will come in helpful, the quiz section of that. jon: space junk for a hundred please. jenna: i like it. this isn t the first time a meteor has caused damage in russia. the most powerful meteor explosion in recorded history happened over siberia in 1908. it was known as the t u.n. gusta event and the shock wave from