"Chebarkul
meteorite" was an ordinary chondrite
On Sunday the expedition of scientists of the Ural Federal University (UFU) found in the Lake Chebarkul in the Chelyabinsk region about 50 meteorite fragments. They were taken to the laboratory UFU in Yekaterinburg, where they engaged researchers.
At the moment it is known that the meteorite belongs to the class of ordinary chondrites. This piece of stone with an iron content of about 10%.
Expedition leader, a member of the RAS on Meteorites Grokhovsky Victor believes that the bulk of the cosmic body remains in the lake Chebarkul. According to scientists, the size of the meteorite that is in the lake, can reach 50-60 cm, however, the new expeditions Ural scientists in the area of a meteorite until the question.
Interestingly, and this trip to the lake Chebarkul was not official. "It was our initiative, I am just a member of the committee could not stay away, sent the children," - said Grokhovsky.
On Friday morning, a large meteorite entered the Earth's atmosphere at a speed of 64 thousand miles per hour. Cosmic body exploded at a height of 19 to 24 kilometers above the Urals. Power of the explosion was estimated at NASA, from 300 to 500 kilotons. Damage was recorded in the ten districts of the Chelyabinsk region. Total damage from the fall of the meteorite, "more than 1 billion rubles." From the broken windows of the blast injured more than 1,200.
On Sunday the expedition of scientists of the Ural Federal University (UFU) found in the Lake Chebarkul in the Chelyabinsk region about 50 meteorite fragments. They were taken to the laboratory UFU in Yekaterinburg, where they engaged researchers.
At the moment it is known that the meteorite belongs to the class of ordinary chondrites. This piece of stone with an iron content of about 10%.
Expedition leader, a member of the RAS on Meteorites Grokhovsky Victor believes that the bulk of the cosmic body remains in the lake Chebarkul. According to scientists, the size of the meteorite that is in the lake, can reach 50-60 cm, however, the new expeditions Ural scientists in the area of a meteorite until the question.
Interestingly, and this trip to the lake Chebarkul was not official. "It was our initiative, I am just a member of the committee could not stay away, sent the children," - said Grokhovsky.
On Friday morning, a large meteorite entered the Earth's atmosphere at a speed of 64 thousand miles per hour. Cosmic body exploded at a height of 19 to 24 kilometers above the Urals. Power of the explosion was estimated at NASA, from 300 to 500 kilotons. Damage was recorded in the ten districts of the Chelyabinsk region. Total damage from the fall of the meteorite, "more than 1 billion rubles." From the broken windows of the blast injured more than 1,200.
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