A TV screen grab taken from 24 channel of the Russian State Television shows a scientific researcher holding a meteor fragments found in the chebarkul lake region near Chelyabinsk, about 1500 kilometers east of Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 18, 2013. Scientists have found fragments of a meteor that exploded over Russia's central Urals and triggered a shock wave that injured hundreds and shattered scores of windows, experts said Monday. (Xinhua)
MOSCOW, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Scientists have found fragments of a meteor that exploded over Russia's central Urals and triggered a shock wave that injured hundreds and shattered scores of windows, experts said Monday.
Friday's meteor broke into approximately seven large pieces, one of which fell into Lake Chebarkul, some 150 km away from Chelyabinsk, experts said.
Small meteor fragments were found near an ice crater in the lake late Sunday. Tests showed the stony meteor contained 10 percent iron, RIA Novosti reported.
Some 1,200 people, including over 200 children, were injured, mainly by shards of glass, when the meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk on Friday. About 50 people were hospitalized and at least two people were reportedly in grave condition.
The Emergency Situations Ministry searched Lake Chebarkul on Saturday but found no fragments of the meteor, a spokesperson said.
MOSCOW, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin Saturday proposed establishing a common defense system to counter space threats, one day after a meteorite explosion injured some 1,200 people in the Chelyabinsk region in Russia's Urals region.
"Humankind must create a system to identify and neutralize objects that pose a danger to the Earth," the official wrote on his Twitter account. Full story
MOSCOW, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- About 1,200 people have been known injured and many buildings damaged since a meteor exploded on Friday morning, raining fireballs over Russia's central Urals region, the Interior Ministry said.
Most of the injured, among them 200 children, suffered cuts by broken glass from thousands of shattered windows during the very rare meteorite explosion, according to the ministry. Full story
BEIJING, Feb. 16(Xinhuanet) -- Hours after the huge meteor explosion over Ural Mountains on Friday, residents of the Russian city of Chelyabinsk had already begun to list meteorite pieces for sale on Avito.Ru, Russia's leading website for classified ads.
As many residents of the city were still nursing injuries from the unexpected blast, others were already trying to make a profit, advertising meteorite pieces for sale on auction sites. Full story
BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- Videos have been captured the meteorite which streaked across the sky before exploding over Russia’s Ural Mountains.
The fireball, which Russian space agency Roscosmos says was travelling at a speed of 30 kilometers per second, blazed across the horizon, leaving a long white trail that could be seen as far as 200 kilometers away. Full story
MOSCOW, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The damage caused by the meteorite strike in Russia's Urals region is estimated to exceed 1 billion rubles (about 30 million U.S. dollars), a local official said Saturday.
The number may increase, Governor Mikhail Yurevich told reporters, noting that many buildings were affected and the Ice Palace in Chelyabinsk was seriously damaged. Full story
CHELYABINSK, Russia, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Life in Russia's Chelyabinsk Region returns to normal after Friday's meteorite explosion as residents start to cover smashed windows with Cellophane sheets to keep warm.
Though about 1,200 people were injured and hundreds of buildings got damaged in the shockwave, Chelyabinsk, the capital city of the region, seems to get back to its normal rhythm on a peaceful Saturday. Full story
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