MancunianMaskMan writes “The BBC writes about the meteorite that fell from the sky 8 months ago: ‘The object plunged into Lake Chebarkul in central Russia on 15 February, leaving a 6m-wide hole in the ice. Scientists say that it is the largest fragment of the meteorite yet found.'” This is one of the ten largest meteorite fragments ever recovered. Unfortunately, it broke into three pieces after being lifted from the lake, and managed to destroy the scale used to weight it when it hit 570kg…. MancunianMaskMan writes “The BBC writes about the meteorite that fell from the sky 8 months ago: ‘The object plunged into Lake Chebarkul in central Russia on 15 February, leaving a 6m-wide hole in the ice. Scientists say that it is the largest fragment of the meteorite yet found.'” This is one of the ten largest meteorite fragments ever recovered. Unfortunately, it broke into three pieces after being lifted from the lake, and managed to destroy the scale used to weight it when it hit 570kg.

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