Chelyabinsk meteorite fragments. The meteoroid and meteor (Chelyabinsk Event) that produced these 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 38 grams. | |
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