[meteorite-list] Large Meteorite Located in Urals Lake

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 23:06:10 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201306230606.r5N66A61018017_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://en.ria.ru/russia/20130622/181805477/Huge-Chunk-of-Meteorite-Located-in-Urals-Lake---Scientist.html

Huge Chunk of Meteorite Located in Urals Lake - Scientist
RIA Novosti
June 22, 2013

CHEBARKUL - A huge fragment of meteorite that slammed into Russia's Urals
region in February was located on the bottom of Chebarkul Lake in the
Chelyabinsk Region, a scientist said on Friday.

On February 15, a meteorite landed with a massive boom that blew out
windows and damaged thousands of buildings around the Urals city of
Chelyabinsk, injuring 1,200 people in the area.

The meteorite broke into approximately seven large fragments
and one of them is believed to have fallen into Chebarkul Lake, forming
a hole in the ice about eight meters in diameter. In late March, a radar
probe of the bottom of the lake has revealed a crater possibly created
by a fragment of a meteorite.

Viktor Grokhovsky, a senior researcher with the Urals Federal University
was among scientists who measured the magnetic field in the area where a
meteorite chunk has presumably fallen. He said that the measurements
indicated that an object, most likely a meteorite fragment about 60
centimeters (about two feet) in diameter and weighting approximately 300
kilograms (over 661 lbs), is lying on the bottom of the Chebarkul Lake.

He added that an eyewitness caught on camera how the meteorite exploded
above the lake and apparently crashed through the ice, sending a massive
jet of water into the air.

"[If] we have [meteorite-like] substance, we have a hole in the ice and
a jet of water which was observed shortly after the explosion, what
other proofs are needed? The [meteorite] fall, followed by a jet of
water was caught on camera," he said.

The head of the Chebarkul urban area administration, Andrei Orlov, told
journalists that sonar scans in the same area have shown an unidentified
object measuring up to six meters (about 20 feet) in diameter at the
bottom of the lake.
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