The Chelyabinsk meteorite fell on February 15, 2013 in Russia.
With a diameter of around 17 metres, the bolide fragmented in the atmosphere. The energy released by this phenomenon is equivalent to 30 times the Hiroshima bomb, creating enormous damage.
More than 1,000 people were injured as a result. Indeed, since light travels much faster (300,000 km/s) than sound (340m/s), people stood behind their windows to observe the light phenomenon, only for the shockwave to arrive a minute later, shattering hundreds of panes of glass and partially damaging a factory, causing many injuries from broken glass.
The Chelyabinsk meteorite fell on February 15, 2013 in Russia.
With a diameter of around 17 metres, the bolide fragmented in the atmosphere. The energy released by this phenomenon is equivalent to 30 times the Hiroshima bomb, creating enormous damage.
More than 1,000 people were injured as a result. Indeed, since light travels much faster (300,000 km/s) than sound (340m/s), people stood behind their windows to observe the light phenomenon, only for the shockwave to arrive a minute later, shattering hundreds of panes of glass and partially damaging a factory, causing many injuries from broken glass.
The Chelyabinsk meteorite fell on February 15, 2013 in Russia.
With a diameter of around 17 metres, the bolide fragmented in the atmosphere. The energy released by this phenomenon is equivalent to 30 times the Hiroshima bomb, creating enormous damage.
More than 1,000 people were injured as a result. Indeed, since light travels much faster (300,000 km/s) than sound (340m/s), people stood behind their windows to observe the light phenomenon, only for the shockwave to arrive a minute later, shattering hundreds of panes of glass and partially damaging a factory, causing many injuries from broken glass.
NWA 14830 is a rare LL7 type meteorite of 837 g. It was discovered in Algeria in 2021.
Writeup from MB 111 :
Northwest Africa 14830 (NWA 14830)
Algeria
Purchased: 2021
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL7)
History: Bought by Jean Redelsperger from Mohamed Elguirah in 2021
Physical characteristics: A single gray stone with fusion crust.
Petrography: (J. Gattacceca, CEREGE) Highly recrystallized chondrite with plagioclase to 100 μm. Only one faint relict chondrule was found in the studied section. Opaque minerals are metal, troilite and euhedral chromite.
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL7). Type 7 from texture and Wo content of low-Ca pyroxene.
Specimens: Type specimen at CEREGE. Main mass with Jean Redelsperger.
Oued Awlitis 003is a brecciated LL6 meteorite of 1141 grams.
It was discovered in 2011 near the village of Lemluia in the Western Sahara.
Other meteorites have been found in the same area, a lunar meteorite Oued Awlitis 001and a carbonaceous type CV3 meteorite Oued Awlitis 002.
This is a very rich area where other meteorites will be found.
Oued Awlitis 003is a brecciated LL6 meteorite of 1141 grams.
It was discovered in 2011 near the village of Lemluia in the Western Sahara.
Other meteorites have been found in the same area, a lunar meteorite Oued Awlitis 001and a carbonaceous type CV3 meteorite Oued Awlitis 002.
This is a very rich area where other meteorites will be found.
Oued Awlitis 003is a brecciated LL6 meteorite of 1141 grams.
It was discovered in 2011 near the village of Lemluia in the Western Sahara.
Other meteorites have been found in the same area, a lunar meteorite Oued Awlitis 001and a carbonaceous type CV3 meteorite Oued Awlitis 002.
This is a very rich area where other meteorites will be found.
Oued Awlitis 003is a brecciated LL6 meteorite of 1141 grams.
It was discovered in 2011 near the village of Lemluia in the Western Sahara.
Other meteorites have been found in the same area, a lunar meteorite Oued Awlitis 001and a carbonaceous type CV3 meteorite Oued Awlitis 002.
This is a very rich area where other meteorites will be found.
Oued Awlitis 003is a brecciated LL6 meteorite of 1141 grams.
It was discovered in 2011 near the village of Lemluia in the Western Sahara.
Other meteorites have been found in the same area, a lunar meteorite Oued Awlitis 001and a carbonaceous type CV3 meteorite Oued Awlitis 002.
This is a very rich area where other meteorites will be found.
