Chelyabinsk meteorite fragment. The meteoroid and meteor (Chelyabinsk Event) that produced this and numerous other meteorite fragments occurred at around 09:20 local time (03:20 UTC) on 15th February 2013 over Russia's Chelyabinsk region. The meteoroid weighed several thousand tons, reaching an altitude of around 20 kilometres before exploding in an airblast. The largest fragments found were around 10 centimetres across. This fragment weighs 273 grams. | |
Licence : | Droits gérés |
Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Van Ravenswaay, Detlev |
Taille de l’image : | 3898 px × 2517 px |
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