Divers recover half-tonne meteorite from lake near Chelyabinsk

[gary]

Divers have recovered a half-tonne rock from Lake Chebarkul, Russia, said to be
a fragment of the meteorite that fell there on Feb 15th.

It measures 1.5m long.

Dr Caroline Smith, curator of meteorites at London's Natural History Museum,
confirmed that the object was a meteorite from characteristic features of a fusion crust and regmaglypts.

Story and video on BBC here -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24550941

I note glenc has also reported this in the observational forum here -
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showpost.php?p=1025262&postcount=4

[Langdale]

Yea i saw this the other day. Amasing!

I'm a commercial diver on Sydney harbour myself and obviously love my Astronomy. So when i saw this i thought that would probably be my ultimate diving job. It wasn't that deep either. Also what made me most astonished was how perfectly circular the hole was where the meteorite hit the ice on the lake.

[Dennis]

Thanks for the update Gary.:thumbsup:

I can’t believe it was as long ago as 8 months (Feb 2013) that this chunk of rock and iron hit our atmosphere. It couldn’t have been too cold at the recovery site, the divers wetsuits looked quite thin which again surprised me – tough boys those Russian divers!:)

Quite funny that it broke the 1st set of weighing scales….:D

Cheers

Dennis

[glenc]

Chelyabinsk meteor exploded with the energy of 500 kilotonnes of TNT
At its most intense, meteor fireball glowed 30 times brighter than the sun causing skin and retinal burns, say researchers.
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/nov/06/chelyabinsk-meteor-russia

[strongmanmike]

Hmmm? I think I have seen that rock (http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/62021869/original) before :question:

:lol: