Chelyabinsk meteorite fragment pulled from lake
Posted: Thu, Oct 17, 2013, 9:26 AM ET (1326 GMT)
The largest fragment of the meteor that exploded above the Russian city of Chelyabinsk in February has been recovered from the bottom a lake. A team of divers pulled the meteorite from the bottom of Lake Chebarkul Tuesday, hauling it ashore while a crowd of more than 1,000 people watched. The fragment, about 1.5 meters across, broke into three pieces as it was hauled onto a scale. The scale itself broke as it weighed the fragments, reading 570 kilograms when it malfunctioned. The meteorite is the largest fragment of a parent body estimated to be about 17 meters across that entered the atmosphere over southern Russia on the morning on February 15, exploding in the upper atmosphere. That blast created a shock wave that damaged buildings in the city of Chelyabinsk, injuring more than 1,000 people.
The largest fragment of the meteor that exploded above the Russian city of Chelyabinsk in February has been recovered from the bottom a lake. A team of divers pulled the meteorite from the bottom of Lake Chebarkul Tuesday, hauling it ashore while a crowd of more than 1,000 people watched. The fragment, about 1.5 meters across, broke into three pieces as it was hauled onto a scale. The scale itself broke as it weighed the fragments, reading 570 kilograms when it malfunctioned. The meteorite is the largest fragment of a parent body estimated to be about 17 meters across that entered the atmosphere over southern Russia on the morning on February 15, exploding in the upper atmosphere. That blast created a shock wave that damaged buildings in the city of Chelyabinsk, injuring more than 1,000 people.
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