With the size of a slightly larger-than-average skyscraper, 2024 ON is somewhat of a far cry from being considered a world-ending asteroid, but that doesn’t mean it wouldn’t be capable of a mass destruction event.
In 2013, a meteor with a diameter of 59 feet exploded about 19 miles above the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia, injuring just under 1,500 people and causing $33 million in property damage, mainly caused by the shock wave from the explosion.
It is reported that the atmospheric impact was equivalent to 400 to 500 kilotons of TNT, or 26 to 33 times the amount of energy that was released in the city of Hiroshima following the detonation of the atomic bomb.
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