article_snippet.sent: This is according to a new study which claims the Kola fireball had a 'disturbingly similar' path to asteroid 2014 UR116, which is due to pass by the moon in 2017.
article_snippet.sent: Spotted on April 19 last year, researchers used camera footage to help recreate its trajectory and hunt down any remaining fragments.
article_snippet.sent: This led researchers to the Annama meteorite, which is an ordinary H5 chondrite - a group of space rocks with high strength that make up 31 per cent of meteorite falls.
article_snippet.sent: The computer model compared the orbit of Annama, a 1,100lb (500kg) rock, with the evolution of a dozen orbits of near-Earth asteroids.
article_snippet.sent: This led researchers to the meteorite (pictured)
article_snippet.sent: The computer model compared the orbit of Annama (pictured), a 1,100lb (500kg) rock, with the evolution of a dozen orbits of near-Earth asteroids .
article_snippet.sent: 2014 UR116, a mountain-sized asteroid which passes Earth every three years, was discovered by Russian scientists in December.
article_snippet.sent: Proffesor Lipunov said it is difficult to calculate the orbit of big rocks like '2014 UR116' because their trajectories are constantly being changed by the gravitational pull of other planets.
article_snippet.sent: Proffesor Lipunov showed a similarity with the evolution of 2014 UR116, which given Proffesor Lipunov size and minimum distance to the planet, has been classed a 'potentially dangerous asteroid'.
article_snippet.sent: Currently, 1,573 asteroids of this type are known so researchers are investigating to what extent researchers can pose a danger.
article_snippet.sent: While the study does not claim that asteroid 2014 UR116 sent the Annama meteorite directly at Earth, the study suggests the two bodies are related.
article_snippet.sent: Scientists believe that streams of asteroid fragments can travel on nearly identical orbits.
article_snippet.sent: Tidal forces may disperse the debris over time and asteroids can also break up due to the pull of large planets. '
article_snippet.sent: The tidal effect on an asteroid, which rapidly rotates under the gravitational field of a planet, can fragment these objects or release large rocks from its surface,' said Trigo. '
article_snippet.sent: Manuel Moreno-Ibáñez, CSIC researcher that participated in the study, explains: 'The data we have obtained provided new clues about the origin of the rocks with a few meters in diameter that produce meteorite falls. '
article_snippet.sent: So far, we only know the orbits of other 22 meteorites, and not always with the sought accuracy.'
article_snippet.sent: The researchers hope The researchers latest study will help shed light on how asteroid create projectiles, and which ones pose a threat to Earth.
article_snippet.sent: Knowing where the meteorite originates could also help The researchers us better understand the formation and evolution of the solar system.
highlights_snippet.sent: It had similar orbit to asteroid 2014 UR116 due to pass by moon in 2017 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: This suggests the two bodies may be related as streams of asteroid fragments can travel on nearly identical orbits .