Re: [meteorite-list] First Study of Chelyabinsk Meteorite

Subject: [meteorite-list] First Study of Chelyabinsk Meteorite http://news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=10764 First study of Russian meteorite UC Davis Press Release November 6, 2013 The meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, in February 2013 was a wake-up call, according

Re: [meteorite-list] First Study of Chelyabinsk Meteorite

Jeff- For comparison, S-A was a 100 ton body traveling at 14 km/s, and its energy output was about 10 kT. Chelyabinsk was a 10,000 ton body traveling at 30 km/s, and its energy output was about 500 kT. So these two events were in completely different classes. Had S-A been stony, no material

[meteorite-list] First Study of Chelyabinsk Meteorite

Hello List, Jeff inquired: I keep hearing lines like 'Chelyabinsk was the largest meteoroid strike since the Tunguska event'. What about Sikhote-Alin? Does anyone know if there are any accurate modellings on that fall in terms of size, weight and energy? Here's what was able to cull from my

[meteorite-list] First Study of Chelyabinsk Meteorite

http://news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=10764 First study of Russian meteorite UC Davis Press Release November 6, 2013 The meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, in February 2013 was a wake-up call, according to a University of California, Davis, scientist who