[meteorite-list] Trajectory of Chelyabinsk meteors
Robin Whittle
rw at firstpr.com.au
Sat Feb 16 01:47:57 EST 2013
Following on from my previous messages: a reference from the Wikipedia
article:
http://www.interfax-russia.ru/Ural/main.asp?id=381682
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.interfax-russia.ru%2FUral%2Fmain.asp%3Fid%3D381682
"Presumably piece fell into the marshland on the lake, struck
wormwood, now there collected small pieces that resemble rock.
Debris size from 5 mm to 1 cm So it or not - is not clear.
Radiation background in the open water in normal , "- said the
source.
In all, he said, from the blast by meteorite hit six districts
of Chelyabinsk region. However, the debris allegedly fell
Chebarkulsky and Satka areas.
Following a link from the above translation:
http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=ru&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://www.interfax-russia.ru/Ural/main.asp%3Fid%3D381662&usg=ALkJrhi3VTb0Bc3RzGflAfC4CK-Tfy8z5w
Interfax-Russia.ru - Three large fragments of the fall of a
meteorite found in the Chelyabinsk region, "Interfax" on Friday,
the press center of the Russian Interior Ministry.
"At this point in the operative staff has been informed about
the discovery of three seats falling wreckage of a celestial
body," - said the press center.
He said that the two fragments were found in the area Chebarkulsky
Chelyabinsk region, another - in Zlatoust.
- Robin
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