CHELYABINSK METEORITES — MORE THAN 100 METEORITES FROM THE FIREBALL THAT RESULTED IN MORE THAN 1100 INJURIES
23.02.2022 00:00UTC +00:00
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4032USD $ 4 032
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ID 716445
Lot 60 | CHELYABINSK METEORITES — MORE THAN 100 METEORITES FROM THE FIREBALL THAT RESULTED IN MORE THAN 1100 INJURIES
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$ 800 – 1 200
It could have been far worse: had the meteoroid exploded at a lower altitude, its explosive force would have been more focused and concentrated; the result would have been horrific. Chelyabinsk is the only meteorite documented to have resulted in a large number of injuries. It's also the only meteorite whose final moments were so extensively documented on video: hundreds of security cameras and dash-cams recorded Chelyabinsk's descent, as well as videos of exploding windows and collapsing walls. While most of the Chelyabinsk meteoroid — which was estimated to be about 20 meters across — disintegrated in the atmosphere, several thousand small meteorites landed on Earth. The largest mass found weighs 540 kg (1,190 lbs). Offered now are more than 100 of the smallest individual meteorites that peppered the locality following the cataclysmic explosion, each sheathed within its own fusion crust acquired when plunging through the Earth’s atmosphere.
Christie's would like to thank Dr. Alan E. Rubin at the Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles for his assistance in preparing this catalogue.
Average dimension/mass: 2 x 4 x 4mm and 0.47g (2.5 carats)
Dimension/mass of largest specimen:11.3 x 8.5 x 5.5mm and 1.227g (6 carats)
Total mass: 55.65 grams
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