[meteorite-list] Meteorite Crash Site Found In Siberia
From: Stephen E. Smith <vickie-steve-smith_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:34 2004 Message-ID: <3EE0D71C.6DC4B2DF_at_erols.com> <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Hi all. "Burnt trees"? I hope this isn't more Shirokovsky. Steve <p>Ron Baalke wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE><a href="http://www.interfax.ru/one_news_en.html?lang=EN&tz=0&tz_format=MSK&id_news=5642068">http://www.interfax.ru/one_news_en.html?lang=EN&tz=0&tz_format=MSK&id_news=5642068</a> <p>Meteorite crash site found in Siberia <br>Interfax (Russia) <br>June 6, 2003 <p>IRKUTSK - The crash site of a gigantic meteorite, Vitim, that <br>hit Earth in September has been discovered in the Irkutsk region. <p>An expedition from the Kosmopoisk scientific organization found an area of <br>about 100 square kilometers covered with burnt trees and pieces of the <br>meteorite 60 kilometers from the village of Mama, Alexander Bogun, deputy <br>head of the district administration, told Interfax on Friday. <p>The meteorite fell in the early hours of September 25, 2002, between the town <br>of Bodaibo and the village of Balakhninsky near the Vitim River. The incident <br>caused strong tremors in the region, similar to those of an earthquake. Sporadic <br>flashes of light were seen over the crash site. <p>The expedition members said that this is the second largest meteorite, after <br>the famous Tunguska meteorite, to fall on Russian territory. <p>______________________________________________ <br>Meteorite-list mailing list <br>Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com <br><a href="http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list">http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list</a></blockquote> </html> Received on Fri 06 Jun 2003 02:02:04 PM PDT |
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