[meteorite-list] Chebarkul, Russia - Pultusk peas 2.0?

From: Bjorn Sorheim <astrogeo_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:58:42 +0100
Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.2.20130219144523.03c020b0_at_pop.online.no>

List,
Looking at the images I posted earlier today and the other smaller
fragments goverment scientists collected plus information about 1000+
small black meteorites from maybe one village, it seems this fall
deserves to be compared to the massive fall of pea-sized meteorites
like Pultusk, Poland 1868 (H5).

An asteroid with 10000 tons of mass will retain a very large percentage
of its cosmic velocity, so the energy will break it up in probably just
smaller fragments. So maybe what is out there in South Ural is
mostly these meteorite peas?
On the light side The Pultusk fall with 180000! total fragments had
200 over 1 kg, with largest 9 kg, so there is still hope...

Bj?rn S?rheim
Received on Tue 19 Feb 2013 08:58:42 AM PST