MOSCOW, October 4 – RIA Novosti. Chelyabinsk study fragments of the meteorite that fell in the Urals in February, found that his age is approximately equal to the age of the solar system, said Michael Marov academician of the Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry Vernadsky Sciences.
“Chelyabinsk meteorite has an age, almost coinciding with the age of the solar system – 4.56 billion years old. This means that in our hands got” the material creation, “- said Marov, speaking at a conference in Institute of Space Research.
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He noted that the age of the meteorite was obtained by analyzing the isotopic composition of the substance of the meteorite. Marov stressed that the study material of a meteorite that helped scientists to look into the past and understand the solar system’s history and evolution.
“It is in these (meteorites) lies the story of processes that occurred in the early history of the solar system,” – said Marov.
In mid-February, residents of some regions of the Urals observed fireball – a ball of fire with a tail, whose mission ended with a bright flash and explosion. Cosmic body mass before the explosion, according to scientists, was about 10,000 tons, the size – about 17 meters. According to the analysis of fragments was found that the Chelyabinsk meteorite belongs to the class of ordinary chondrites.
Earlier study of the meteorite fragments of Chelyabinsk scientists at the Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vernadsky stated that a space object that had fallen in the area of ??Chelyabinsk, once broke away from the relatively large asteroid. Read more >>
How did the fall of the meteorite
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On the fall of the space object, later named meteorite “Chelyabinsk”, Feb. 15, reported not only the residents of the Chelyabinsk region, but also in Yekaterinburg, Tyumen, Kostanay (the administrative center of Kostanai region in northern Kazakhstan) and the Kurgan region. Blast wave smashed windows more than 7 thousands of buildings, of which over 6,000 – houses. According to the Ministry of Regional Development, sought medical assistance to more than 1.6 thousand people, affected mainly by broken glass. On what are meteorites, read the Help RIA Novosti >>
See also : how the Earth appeared double, why fish and walnuts are not “food for thought”, under any circumstances, spouses often hit each other, and more – in the latest issue of the weekly column “Science Monday” on ria.ru.
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