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'Stratospheric' prices for Russian meteor fragments
Amateur enthusiasts and scientists alike are scrambling to find bits of the meteorite that streaked across the morning sky over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk Friday at a hypersonic speed of at least 33,000 mph and shattered into pieces about 18-32 miles above the ground. Read more
- Feb.18, 2013: Pieces of a meteorite are seen in a laboratory in Yekaterinburg. Researchers from the Urals Federal University, based in Yekaterinburg, have determined that the small stone-like pieces found near Lake Cherbarkul in the Chelyabinsk region are pieces of the meteorite that exploded over the region Feb. 15.read moreAP Photo/ The Urals Federal University Press Service, Alexander KhlopotovShare
- Feb.18, 2013: A researcher examines pieces of a meteorite in a laboratory in Yekaterinburg. A total of 53 pieces have been brought for analysis to the university lab, the largest is one centimeter in diameter, the smallest is about one millimeter. The Cyrillic writing reads, "Meteorite Chebarkul."read moreAP Photo/ The Urals Federal University Press Service, Alexander KhlopotovShare
- Feb.18, 2013: Researchers from the Urals Federal University, based in Yekaterinburg, have determined that the small stone-like pieces found near Lake Cherbarkul in the Chelyabinsk region are pieces of the meteorite that exploded over the region Feb. 15. A total of 53 pieces have been brought for analysis to the university in Yekaterinburg.read moreAP Photo/ The Urals Federal University Press Service, Alexander KhlopotovShare
- Feb.18, 2013: Researchers from the Urals Federal University, based in Yekaterinburg, have determined that the small stone-like pieces found near Lake Cherbarkul in the Chelyabinsk region are pieces of the meteorite that exploded over the region Feb. 15.read moreAP Photo/ The Urals Federal University Press Service, Alexander KhlopotovShare
- Feb.18, 2013: Researchers from the Urals Federal University, based in Yekaterinburg, have determined that the small stone-like pieces found near Lake Cherbarkul in the Chelyabinsk region are pieces of the meteorite that exploded over the region Feb. 15. A total of 53 pieces have been brought for analysis to the university in Yekaterinburg. The largest one is one centimeter in diameter, the smallest is about one millimeter.read moreAP Photo/ The Urals Federal University Press ServiceShare
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'Stratospheric' prices for Russian meteor fragments
Amateur enthusiasts and scientists alike are scrambling to find bits of the meteorite that streaked across the morning sky over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk Friday at a hypersonic speed of at least 33,000 mph and shattered into pieces about 18-32 miles above the ground. Read more
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