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The Managua event was an explosion that was widely reported as a possible meteorite fall on 6 September 2014 in Managua, Nicaragua, near the Augusto C. Sandino International Airport runway.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 16 relations: Augusto C. Sandino International Airport, Bolide, Detonation, Explosion, Full moon, Managua, Meteorite fall, National Autonomous University of Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, NPR, Seismic wave, Sinkhole, The New York Times, 2007 Carancas impact event, 2014 RC.

  2. 2014 in Nicaragua
  3. Explosions in 2014
  4. Managua

Augusto C. Sandino International Airport

Augusto C. Sandino International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional Augusto C. Sandino), or ACS, is the main joint civil-military public international airport in Managua, Nicaragua.

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Bolide

A bolide is normally taken to mean an exceptionally bright meteor, but the term is subject to more than one definition, according to context.

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Detonation

Detonation is a type of combustion involving a supersonic exothermic front accelerating through a medium that eventually drives a shock front propagating directly in front of it.

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Explosion

An explosion is a rapid expansion in volume of a given amount of matter associated with an extreme outward release of energy, usually with the generation of high temperatures and release of high-pressure gases.

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Full moon

The full moon is the lunar phase when the Moon appears fully illuminated from Earth's perspective.

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Managua

Managua is the capital and largest city of Nicaragua, and one of the largest cities in Central America.

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Meteorite fall

A meteorite fall, also called an observed fall, is a meteorite collected after its fall from outer space was observed by people or automated devices.

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National Autonomous University of Mexico

The National Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM), is a public research university in Mexico.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Nicaragua

Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest country in Central America, comprising.

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NPR

National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.

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Seismic wave

A seismic wave is a mechanical wave of acoustic energy that travels through the Earth or another planetary body.

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Sinkhole

A sinkhole is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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2007 Carancas impact event

The Carancas impact event refers to the fall of the Carancas chondritic meteorite on September 15, 2007, near the village of Carancas in Peru, close to the Bolivian border and Lake Titicaca.

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2014 RC

2014 RC is a sub-kilometer near-Earth object and Apollo asteroid.

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See also

2014 in Nicaragua

Explosions in 2014

Managua

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Managua_event

Also known as Managua meteorite.