It is simply referred to as the Chelyabinsk meteorite.
Yes. An asteroid probably hit Siberia, in Russia, in June 1908.
There is no why, it was just a random event.
The theory of an asteroid named Orpheus will hit Earth and destroy civilization in the future years. The asteroid is predicted to hit Mexico. Don't be afraid because it may or may not happen :)
They have not been named. There have been many of them over the millions of years.
The first president to have an asteroid named after him was George Washington. The asteroid "318" was named after him in 1890.
The second asteroid named after Elicott Douglass is 6052 Icarion.
It is not named after anyone. The asteroid belt is referred to as such because it is a belt of asteroids. The word asteroid comes from the Greek asteroeides, meaning "starlike."
no it was not an asteroid that hit the earth, it was kevins big mouth
Named after Terence Dickinson of Toronto, Canada who discovered the asteroid in August 1981
The asteroid 5383 Leavitt and the lunar crater Leavitt are named in her honour
The asteroid '2309 Mr. Spock' was actually named after the astronomer's cat who was named after the Star Trek character . The asteroid's discoverer's name is James B. Gibson .
The Meteorite that impacted russia on 15th feb 2013 was15-metres in diameter and weighed around 7,000 tonnes. Hitting the atmosphere at 18 kilometres per second it blasted out windows and caused light structural damage.