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| People look at what scientists believe to be a chunk of the Chelyabinsk meteor, recovered from Chebarkul Lake near Chelyabinsk, about 1500 kilometers (930 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. Scientists on Wednesday recovered what could be the largest part of this meteor from Chebarkul Lake outside the city. They weighed it using a giant steelyard balance, which displayed 570 kilograms (1,256 pounds) before it broke. |
MOSCOW (AP)
-- Russian scientists have recovered a giant chunk of the Chelyabinsk
meteorite from the bottom of the lake it crashed into.
The
meteor that blazed across southern Urals in February was the largest
recorded strike in more than a century. More than 1,600 people were
injured by the shock wave from the explosion as it hit near the city of
Chelyabinsk, estimated to be as strong as 20 Hiroshima atomic bombs.
Scientists
on Wednesday recovered what could be the largest part of the meteorite
from Chebarkul Lake outside the city. They weighed it using a giant
steelyard balance, which displayed 570 kilograms (1,256 pounds) before
breaking.
Sergei Zamozdra, an associate
professor at Chelyabinsk State University, told Russian television the
excavated fragment was definitely a chunk of the meteorite.
