In addition to the article I mentioned in another message (Russian: A preliminary reconstruction of the orbit of the Chelyabinsk Meteoroid byJorge I. Zuluaga & Ignacio Ferrin) here are some further updates of interest from emails regarding Stefan Geens' site and other things I found by following links from those updates:
http://ogleearth.com/2013/02/reconstructing-the-chelyabinsk-meteors-path-with-google-earth-youtube-and-high-school-math/ This little-viewed video (603 views) by Axel Alex: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R99zvcrqXo8 appears to be taken directly under the path of the meteor close to its point of main conflagration (my terminology). From some coordinates supplied by Serge in an email update, the text of which does not appear on the above page. This was clearly taken at the coordinates Serge supplied: 54.872644 N, 61.200792 E, with three smokestacks behind a building: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=54.872644+N,+61.200792+E&hl=en&ll=54.872687,61.202066&spn=0.004574,0.008497&sll=51.533333,55.008889&sspn=0.660343,0.582275&t=h&z=17 I tried to add this as a comment to the video but there was some kind of error. This is the Korkino Cement Plant: http://www.lafarge.ru/wps/portal/ru/en/2_1_A_2-UralCementPlant next to the Klubnika railway station which is about 1.5km ENE of Pervomayskiy (note the 'i') AKA Pervomaiskii. This about 8km WSW of Korkino. I think this video locates the meteor path with a north-to-south accuracy better than any other evidence I recall seeing. Also, it is possible to locate the features of the smoke trail in the east-west direction from this video. >From the page http://meteorites.ru/menu/press-e/yuzhnouralsky2013-e.php A collection of meteorites in plastic bags: http://meteorites.ru/images/yuzhnouralsky2013/img_8519.jpg A child finding a meteorite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gN4HN7QK8M&feature=player_embedded Meteorites 30km south of Chelyabinsk: http://meteorites.ru/menu/press-e/yuzhnouralsky2013-e.php The best photo I have seen of the main conflagration: http://meteorites.ru/images/yuzhnouralsky2013/dudarev_leprosorium.jpg "searches were conducted at the village Zvyagino and Kuvashi. According to the assessment by the Commission of the Government of the Chelyabinsk region, finds of the celestial body remains failed." http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Russia,+Chelyabinskaya+oblast,+Kuvashi&hl=en&ll=55.154649,59.42977&spn=0.036339,0.067978&sll=-37.73563,145.07369&sspn=0.05247,0.036392&oq=Kuvashi+Russia&t=h&hnear=Kuvashi,+gorod+Zlatoust,+Chelyabinsk+Oblast,+Russia&z=14 http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Russia,+Chelyabinskaya+oblast,+Zvyagino&hl=en&ll=54.74365,60.751648&spn=1.174798,2.175293&sll=55.154649,59.42977&sspn=0.036339,0.067978&t=h&hnear=Zvyagino,+Chebarkulsky+District,+Chelyabinsk+Oblast,+Russia&z=9 ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
