Are you kidding me? Since when is 387g the largest surviving chunk?
International bidding war? On eBay maybe. Mendy Ouzillou ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ron Baalke <baa...@zagami.jpl.nasa.gov> > To: Meteorite Mailing List <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 10:18 AM > Subject: [meteorite-list] Fragment of Chelyabinsk Meteor To Go on Display in > Vienna > > > > http://austriantimes.at/news/General_News/2014-02-11/50457/Largest_surviving_fragment_of_Chelyabinsk_meteor_to_go_on_display_in_Vienna > > Largest surviving fragment of Chelyabinsk meteor to go on display in Vienna > Austrian Times > February 11, 2014 > > The spectacular meteorite which blew up over the earth after entering > the atmosphere at an incredible 60 times the speed of sound before exploding > in a ball of light brighter than the sun is to be put on display at Vienna's > > National History Museum this month. > > Only small parts of the meteorite that exploded 20 miles above the ground > in Chelyabinsk, in Russia were left and the largest - a 387g chunk - has > been snapped up by the Austrian museum in an international bidding war. > It will now go on display in Vienna from 15th February this year. > > The meteorite caused extensive damage and injured around 1,500 people > when it exploded with the force of 500 kilotons of TNT, which was 20-30 > times more energy than was released from the atomic bomb detonated at > Hiroshima. > > Treasure hunters immediately descended on the region to look for fragments > and the Vienna National History Museum was able to acquire the chunk now > going on display to add to its meteorite collection. > > The object was undetected before its atmospheric entry and its explosion > created panic among local residents. About 1,500 people were injured > seriously > enough to seek medical treatment. > > All of the injuries were due to indirect effects rather than the meteor > itself, mainly from broken glass from windows that were blown in when > the shock wave arrived, minutes after the explosive flash. > > In total, some 7,200 buildings in six cities across the region were damaged > by the explosion's shock wave. > > With an estimated initial mass of about 12,000 to 13,000 metric tonnes > and about 20 metres in size, it is the largest known natural object to > have entered Earth's atmosphere since the 1908 Tunguska event that destroyed > > a wide, remote, forested area of Siberia. > > The Chelyabinsk meteor is also the only meteor confirmed to have resulted > in a large number of injuries. > > ______________________________________________ > > 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 > ______________________________________________ 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