[meteorite-list] Trajectory of Chelyabinsk meteors
Robin Whittle
rw at firstpr.com.au
Sat Feb 16 06:44:31 EST 2013
Following more links from the Wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Russian_meteor_event
leads to an analysis of the trajectory of the meteor and how it differs
from that of 2012 DA14:
http://kaira.sgo.fi/2013/02/are-2012-da14-and-chelyabinsk-meteor.html
>From a comment at this site, an article and graphic from The Telegraph
in the UK:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/9873053/Graphic-Russian-meteor-impact-explained.html
showing the location of the zinc factory. "According to the Russian
Academy of Sciences the meteorite was "very strong" and probably made of
iron.".
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/9873752/Russian-meteor-visits-shock-and-awe-on-Chelyabinsk.html
"A warehouse wall at a zinc factory in the industrial city
collapsed from the force of the shock wave and almost 300
buildings had their windows blown out."
- Robin
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