[meteorite-list] Second Large Fragment of Chelyabinsk Meteorite Found in Lake

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 13:50:14 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201403172050.s2HKoEhk010630_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_03_17/Search-for-largest-Chelyabinsk-meteor-chunk-delayed-due-to-bad-weather-1498/

Search for largest Chelyabinsk meteor chunk delayed due to bad weather
Voice of Russia
March 17, 2014

A second huge fragment of the Chelyabinsk meteorite was found in the Chebarkul
lake over the weekend. And yet the operation to lift it from the bottom
of the lake has been put off due to poor weather in the southern Urals,
with massive snowfalls and strong wind.

Experts established the location of the fragment "within a range of few
meters" last weekend. Its diameter, according to preliminary estimates,
is more than two meters, while the weight can be several tons.

The search for the largest meteorite fragment is delayed due to poor weather
conditions in the southern Urals, with massive snowfalls and strong wind.
Divers expect the weather to improve by Friday.

The largest of the fragments found to date weighs more than 500 pounds.
It was raised from the Chebarkul lake October 2013 and is currently exhibited
in the regional museum.

The Chelyabinsk meteorite entered the Earth's atmosphere February 15,
2013 about 7:10 MSK. It caused a huge explosion in the atmosphere at an
altitude of 30-50 km and resulted in fall of numerous fragments upon a
large area of the Chelyabinsk region. Thousands of people in the Urals
and northern Kazakhstan had watched the explosion. The largest fragments
of the celestial body fell near the Chebarkul lake, 78 km west of Chelyabinsk.
Received on Mon 17 Mar 2014 04:50:14 PM PDT