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Property damage. Over 7,200 [4] buildings damaged, collapsed factory roof, shattered windows, $33 million (2013 USD) lost [5] The Chelyabinsk meteor was a superbolide that entered Earth's atmosphere over the southern Ural region in Russia on 15 February 2013 at about 09:20 YEKT (03:20 UTC ).
The Chelyabinsk meteorite (Russian: Челябинский метеорит, Chelyabinskii meteorit) is the fragmented remains of the large Chelyabinsk meteor of 15 February 2013 which reached the ground after the meteor's passage through the atmosphere. The descent of the meteor, visible as a brilliant superbolide in the morning sky, caused a ...
The Sikhote-Alin meteorite is classified as an iron meteorite belonging to the meteorite group IIAB and with a coarse octahedrite structure. It is composed of approximately 93% iron, 5.9% nickel, 0.42% cobalt, 0.46% phosphorus, and 0.28% sulfur, with trace amounts of germanium and iridium. Minerals present include taenite, plessite, troilite ...
This is a list of largest meteorites on Earth. Size can be assessed by the largest fragment of a given meteorite or the total amount of material coming from the same meteorite fall: often a single meteoroid during atmospheric entry tends to fragment into more pieces. The table lists the largest meteorites found on the Earth's surface.
Pages in category "Meteorites found in Russia" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
A luminous meteor was observed and an object seen to fall with a loud roar in May 1826. Only 46 grams (1.6 oz) are preserved in collections. Zaisho, Japan. 330 g were found on February 1, 1898, after the appearance of a fireball. Marjalahti, Karelia, Russia. After the appearance of a bright meteor and detonations, a large mass was seen to fall ...
Pallasovka is a pallasite meteorite found in 1990 near the town of Pallasovka, Russia. History [ edit ] One single mass of 198 kilograms (437 lb) was found 27.5 kilometres (17.1 mi) from the town of Pallasovka by N. F. Kharitonov (a local resident) on a dike on the edge of an artificial water reservoir .
A Bronze Age arrowhead unearthed in Switzerland was made from a meteorite, a new study has found.. Dating back to between 900 and 800 BC, the 39-millimeter-long (1.5-inch-long) arrowhead was found ...