Found in the lake near Chelyabinsk meteorite already
started to study in the laboratory UFU in Yekaterinburg. Fallen from the sky space object called "Chebarkul"
Fragments of the meteorite, flew over the Urals February 15 and caused the destruction of the Chelyabinsk Region, located in the Urals Federal University, where they were taken last night. In the laboratory of university research and education center "Nanotech" were determined that the meteorite belongs to the class of ordinary chondrites and is a stone meteorite with an iron content of about 10%. "We diagnose all common minerals that are there - and the metallic iron, and olivine, and sulfite. All particles have the meteorite nature, and the bark is melting ", - the representative of the Committee Znak.com RAS Victor Grochowski meteorites from the Ural Federal University.
Grokhovsky also said that in the international catalog new meteorite is likely to be called "Chebarkul meteorite."
As reported, on February 15 at about 9 am residents of Chelyabinsk, Sverdlovsk, Tyumen, Kurgan, Kazakhstan and Bashkiria saw a bright flash in the sky and explode. Southern Urals from astronomical phenomenon hit harder all: in many homes and institutions in the region crumbled glass, Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant smashed windows and doors of the plant and in the personnel department, the Chelyabinsk zinc plant warehouse collapsed wall and roof area of 2 thousand square meters. But so far not known exactly what caused the fall of the wall and roof, - caught in a piece of a meteorite or plant blast. According to preliminary data, the fall of the cosmic body suffered about 1 thousand residents of Chelyabinsk, which are mainly obtained from the wounds of broken window panes. Evening, February 15 authorities of the Chelyabinsk region have voiced that the damage from the incident amounted to 1 billion rubles.
In the fall of the meteorite broke into several pieces. It was reported that the largest of them fell into the lake Chebarkul. This fragment was found last night, February 17.
Fragments of the meteorite, flew over the Urals February 15 and caused the destruction of the Chelyabinsk Region, located in the Urals Federal University, where they were taken last night. In the laboratory of university research and education center "Nanotech" were determined that the meteorite belongs to the class of ordinary chondrites and is a stone meteorite with an iron content of about 10%. "We diagnose all common minerals that are there - and the metallic iron, and olivine, and sulfite. All particles have the meteorite nature, and the bark is melting ", - the representative of the Committee Znak.com RAS Victor Grochowski meteorites from the Ural Federal University.
Grokhovsky also said that in the international catalog new meteorite is likely to be called "Chebarkul meteorite."
As reported, on February 15 at about 9 am residents of Chelyabinsk, Sverdlovsk, Tyumen, Kurgan, Kazakhstan and Bashkiria saw a bright flash in the sky and explode. Southern Urals from astronomical phenomenon hit harder all: in many homes and institutions in the region crumbled glass, Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant smashed windows and doors of the plant and in the personnel department, the Chelyabinsk zinc plant warehouse collapsed wall and roof area of 2 thousand square meters. But so far not known exactly what caused the fall of the wall and roof, - caught in a piece of a meteorite or plant blast. According to preliminary data, the fall of the cosmic body suffered about 1 thousand residents of Chelyabinsk, which are mainly obtained from the wounds of broken window panes. Evening, February 15 authorities of the Chelyabinsk region have voiced that the damage from the incident amounted to 1 billion rubles.
In the fall of the meteorite broke into several pieces. It was reported that the largest of them fell into the lake Chebarkul. This fragment was found last night, February 17.
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