Glass fragments and wall fragments after the strongest explosion of a terrible meteorite in distant Russian industrial city of Chelyabinsk, and people are already trying on all this make money. 
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© Photo by NHM-Vienna, K. Kracher Some residents want turn this city, known mainly for its tank factory, in a tourist center in which all other residents planets will find fragments of this meteorite. Hunters for fragments of meteorites claim that such a possibility given only once in a lifetime. A small piece of space “stone” that exploded on Friday over Russia, could cost thousands dollars, and larger fragments can earn hundreds of thousands dollars. “Because of this, I’ve been unable to sleep for two days,” says Michael Farmer (Michael Farmer), author of the site of meteorite hunters Meteor Hunter, – This chance is provided once in a lifetime. Behind the last hundred years nothing like this has happened. “According to him, immediately after the meteorite explosion, he began to gather in Chelyabinsk. “On the the next morning, I started calling the authorities to get a visa. I want to get a visa as soon as possible and go to Chelyabinsk, – he says. – When this happens, everyone knows that the bill goes to hours, so we try to arrange all the documents as possible faster. “The day after over this city in a large meteorite exploded in the center of Russia, measures to clearing the city. The authorities attracted about 24 thousand of military personnel and the Ministry of Emergencies. As reported government officials shock wave as a result glass meteorite were broken glass total area of about 93 thousand square meters, which is approximately equal to 20 football fields. On the the entire territory damaged about 4 thousand buildings. Number of victims Friday was constantly increasing. According to authorities today their number reached more than 1.2 thousand people. In most cases we are talking about injuries from cuts in broken glass, and hospitalization was required only by a few hundred victims. According to NASA, it was the largest meteorite that collided with Earth over the last hundred and odd years. According to preliminary estimates the width of the meteorite was more than 15 meters, and it weighed more than The Eiffel Tower. According to NASA experts, the explosion power, what happened after a meteorite entered the earth’s atmosphere, amounted to approximately 470 kilotons, which is approximately 30 times exceeds the power of a bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Meteorite explosion did not cause serious damage because it occurred high above ground. “There was an explosion of a small asteroid with a diameter of about 15 meters flying at a speed of about 18 kilometers per second, then there are almost 65 thousand kilometers per hour, says a NASA planetologist Paul Abell – When an asteroid enters the atmosphere, it begins to interact with her and, essentially, as a result of this interactions released all energy, kinetic energy asteroid, the mass of the asteroid and its speed, it is this speed, and the asteroid actually explodes, resulting in the formation of a shock or blast wave that travels further down. ” According to Ebell, the search for fragments of a meteorite involved not only treasure hunters who want to make money selling debris of this cosmic body. Scientists claim that such material can be a source of valuable information. “From the fact that we are interested in, first of all, we would like to find out the composition the asteroid and its origin, he says. – We know that he torn away from the asteroid belt, however, we can assume that this is a fragment of a larger asteroid and roughly represent the scheme dispersion. “According to the inhabitants of the city, they still cannot believe in what happened. “Something like this we only saw in cinema, says a university student. We didn’t think that once we can see it with our own eyes. “Streets are strewn throughout the city broken glass. Local authorities vowed to replace everything broken windows in a week. And early in the mornings you can still hear Workers drill walls by inserting new windows. Authorities sent divers on a lake located near the city into which supposedly a large meteorite fragment fell and pierced in ice a huge hole. Divers searched until the evening, but nothing found. Kirit Radia
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