Goloustnoye next to a large meteorite fell. Witnesses took him for an unusual star, but astronomers spotted it in a space traveler.
Nearly half of the ninth evening October 22 inhabitants of the Tunka region of Buryatia and the Baikal region was observed in the sky unusual. Of these – Irkutsk citizens Ivan and Elena Artemenko. They say that the flash was so bright that it saw even in the big city.
Well, we thought it was a star. Skills once thoughts were to make a wish. In time, as she flew. It is very long died out. In the end, it was divided into two parts. And flashed brightly, – says Elena Artemenko witness.
The meteor camera recorded the Astronomical Observatory of Irkutsk State University, located in the Tunka Valley. A small object entered the Earth’s atmosphere at a speed of 13 kilometers per second. On the west coast of Lake Baikal he fell one kilometer from the coast, near the village of Big Goloustnoye. According to experts, the original size might be about 10 centimeters. And the weight almost a kilogram. Going into the Earth’s atmosphere, it was divided into two parts. Later, scientists found that it followed a trajectory around the sun. And after a meteorite collided with Earth.
He’s moving around the sun, the most distant point from the sun coincides with the outer edge of the main asteroid belt. And it suggests that this stone there – the director of the Astronomical Observatory Sergei Yazev.
presumably fell into the lake a piece of the meteorite measuring about two centimeters. Experts Observatory of Irkutsk State University say that the next large meteorite approaches the Earth on October 31. And its size is much more Baikal.
According to the scientists, for such phenomena is necessary to conduct constant surveillance. Now modern technology allows to see the approach of a dangerous asteroid to Earth in three weeks. In the meantime, small meteorites like Chelyabinsk scientists can see a few seconds before his appearance in the earth’s atmosphere.
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