Meteorites the size of “Chelyabinsk” fall on the territory of Russia approximately every 20-50 years. from such information TASS He shared the head of the meteorite and cosmochemistry laboratory of the Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry. VI Vernadsky (GEOKHI) RAS Dmitry Badyukov.
On February 15, 2013, a large meteorite entered the earth’s atmosphere and fell on the territory of the Chelyabinsk region. The name of the car was “Chelyabinsk”.
The fall of such meteorites has only been documented twice. We are talking about the meteorites “Sikhote-Alin” and “Sterlitamak”.
Badyukov noted that on average, according to estimates, they fall into Russia every 20-50 years.
In total, 5 meteorites of the Chelyabinsk type fell on the territory of Russia – ordinary chondrites of the LL5 class.
Scientists currently have hundreds of fragments of the Chelyabinsk meteorite with a total mass of about 2-3 kg. Each of them is 10-15 centimeters.
Formerly residents of the Krasnoyarsk Territory removed A burning meteorite flying over the region. According to eyewitnesses, they heard loud noises and some people felt shaking in their homes. Meteorite landed in Krasnoyarsk.