COLLECTION
Meteorite Name:
Chelyabinsk
Location:
Chelyabinskaya Oblast', Russia
Classification:
LL5 Ordinary Chondrite
Witnessed Fall:
Yes
Date and Time:
February 15, 2013 (9:22 am local)
TKW:
TBD
Remarks:
Specimen found before February 19, 2013. The most spectacular fireball in over a century. Not much to add to what's already been written and recorded through video:
Chelyabinsk Mega-meteor: Status Report
--
Sky & Telescope
Fire, Ice and Meteorites:
The Search for Remains of the Chelyabinsk Superbolide
-- by Dr. Svend Buhl
"Roswell man owns real 'down to earth' collection"
--
11 Alive, WXIA-TV Atlanta
"Meteor fragments could fetch thousands apiece"
--
NBC Nightly News
Flash and Shock wave at the University of Chelyabinsk
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(2:55 shows force of the shockwave)
Bolide Explosion from dash & security cameras
Spectacular dash cam video of fireball and smoke trail
All You Need About Chelyabinsk's Surprise Space Rock
--
Science@NASA Video
Amazing audio capture of the shockwave in Chelyabinsk
Video with time stamp detailing 2 minute 23 second delay from meteor detonation to shock wave impact
Russian photographer Marat Akhmetaleyev captured a sensational collection of Chelyabinsk meteor photos
Chelyabinsk strewnfield map by Dr. Svend Buhl
Chelyabinsk Meteor, from Wikipedia
A dangerous game of "cosmic roulette"?
--
Anderson Cooper, 60 Minutes
What We Now Know About The Chelyabinsk Meteor
--
Shaunacy Ferro, Popular Science
1.895 kilogram complete individual
1.895 kilogram complete individual (reverse)
1.895 kilogram complete individual in situ
1.895 kilogram complete individual
photo credit: Dr. Svend Buhl
277 gram complete individual
photo credit: Dr. Svend Buhl
277 gram complete individual (reverse view)
photo credit: Dr. Svend Buhl
277 gram complete individual (alternate view)
photo credit: Dr. Svend Buhl
Broken face exposing a large section of melt vein
Shock wave damaged warehouse at the
Chelyabinsk zinc plant
Chelyabinsk detonation captured by a motorists 'dashcam'
Twin smoke trail of the Chelyabinsk bolide
One of the thousands of shock wave shattered windows
Maddie holding a Chelyabinsk specimen
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