[meteorite-list] Meteorite Crash Site Found In Siberia

From: M come Meteorite Meteorites <mcomemeteorite2000_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:34 2004
Message-ID: <20030606182057.53315.qmail_at_web10307.mail.yahoo.com>

Time ago is exit an article with photos of the site in
a russian Journal. Is many similar to a little
Tunguska.
Regards

Matteo

--- "Stephen E. Smith" <vickie-steve-smith_at_erols.com>
wrote:

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Hi all. "Burnt trees"? I hope this isn't more
Shirokovsky. Steve
Ron Baalke
wrote:http://www.interfax.ru/one_news_en.html?lang=EN&tz=0&tz_format=MSK&id_news=5642068
Meteorite crash site found in Siberia
Interfax (Russia)
June 6, 2003
IRKUTSK - The crash site of a gigantic meteorite,
Vitim, that
hit Earth in September has been discovered in the
Irkutsk region.
An expedition from the Kosmopoisk scientific
organization found an areaof
about 100 square kilometers covered with burnt trees
and pieces ofthe
meteorite 60 kilometers from the village of Mama,
Alexander Bogun,deputy
head of the district administration, told Interfax on
Friday.
The meteorite fell in the early hours of September 25,
2002, betweenthe town
of Bodaibo and the village of Balakhninsky near the
Vitim River. Theincident
caused strong tremors in the region, similar to those
of an earthquake.Sporadic
flashes of light were seen over the crash site.
The expedition members said that this is the second
largest meteorite,after
the famous Tunguska meteorite, to fall on Russian
territory.
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Received on Fri 06 Jun 2003 02:20:57 PM PDT