Fallen meteor Çeljabinskut region weighed tens of tons, reported senior scientific collaborator Russian Observatory PULKOVO, Sergei Smirnov.
"This is a bright bolide appears clearly in the morning sky, an object large enough to measure, perhaps, a few tens of tons," said Sergei Smirnov.
"During penetration into dense layers of the atmosphere of the Earth such a heavenly body begins to collapse, being divided into fragments. His speed measured in kilometers per second, "said Sergei Smirnov.
He noted that the study of meteorite fragments will help scientists to get answers to many questions.
Meteors rain that fell on Çeljabinsk, in all probability, has nothing to do with the asteroid, which is expected to fly close to Earth on Friday in late thinks Birkbeck University astronomer Ian Crawford.
"Of course I can not make parallels between these two phenomena. We should note that the DA14 asteroid is approaching Earth from the south. Rain of meteors hit Russia, which lies in the northern hemisphere. Therefore, it seems to me much less reliable that these phenomena are somehow related to each other, "he said.
As announced late Friday 2012 DA14 asteroid will fly 27,000 km from Earth.
Meteorite fell in the region of Çeljabinskut on the morning of 15 February. During the fall of the meteorite was an explosion as a result of which about 300 buildings in 6 district towns were smashed window panes and destroyed part of the construct buildings. More than 725 people were injured: mostly by shrapnel and glass cracks trauma on the body.
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