Chelyabinsk researchers get 11-kilo fragment of Chebarkul meteorite
Source: Voice of Russia
Chelyabinsk State University researchers have got an 11-kilo stone of what they believe is a fragment of the meteorite that pierced the ice of Lake Chebarkul in February this year. This is the 13th stone that has since been recovered from the lake bottom, according to the University website.
The Director of the University Centre for the project management of innovations and expert assessment, Andrei Kocherov, is quoted as saying in the site report that the object recovered resembles a meteorite fragment by outward signs, and weighs 11 kilos.
According to earlier reports, the biggest fragment that’s been previously recovered and proved to be a part of actual meteorite weighs 4.47 kilos.
Later this Wednesday, a giant fragment of the celestial body weighing from 300 kilos to 500 kilos is due to be recovered for research.
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The largest-discovered fragment of a Russian meteorite, weighing around 570 kilograms, has been lifted from the bed of Lake Chebarkul in the Urals.
The huge meteorite chunk split into three pieces when scientists tried to weigh it. The precise weight could not be established because the heavy object broke the scales.
http://rt.com/news/largest-fragment-meteorite-lifted-258/
