Russian scientists find another piece of the Chelyabinsk meteorite

ArabiaWeTHER.COM - Arkady Ovcharenko, chief researcher at the Institute of Geological Physics at the branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the Urals region, told "Novosti" agency that scientists conducted an electromagnetic probe of the bottom of Lake Chebarkul and found a place where a large piece of the Chelyabinsk meteorite might be.

The aforementioned meteorite had fallen on February 15, 2012 in the Chelyabinsk district of the Russian Urals region, and its diameter before falling was 19.5 meters, while its weight reached 7-13 thousand tons. According to the assessment of scientists, only 4-6 tons reached the Earth's surface, equivalent to 0.05% of its initial mass.

So far, nearly one ton of the meteorite has been found, and the largest piece recovered from the bottom of the lake weighs 654 kg.

Scientists have now discovered, with devices capable of recording the electromagnetic field, another large piece at the bottom of the lake. Scientists believe that the diameter of the piece, which weighs a few tons, is two meters (Russia today).