Gold Rush begins for Fragments of Russian Meteorite

"Gold Rush" begins for Fragments of Russian Meteorite

The gold rush begins for fragments of Russian meteor
worth more than £10,000 each as astronomers warn
UK had a lucky escape. Mail Online, February 17, 2013,
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2280019/The-gold-rush-begins-fragments-Russian-meteor-worth-10-000-astronomers-warn-UK-lucky-escape.html

Bounty sets off hunt for meteorite pieces by Mark
Franchetti,The Sunday Times (UK) February 18, 2013
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/bounty-sets-off-hunt-for-meteorite-pieces/story-fnb64oi6-1226579823065

Collectors Flock to Central Russia to Hunt Meteor
Gold By Timur Moon, February 17, 2013
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/436137/20130217/meteor-urals-chelyabinsk-chebarkul.htm

Russia halts search for meteorite, AFP, Sydney
Morning Herald, Febrauary 18, 2013,
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/russia-halts-search-for-meteorite-20130217-2ele5.html

Meteorites: Hunting missiles from outer space
Sunday Morning, CBS News, February 17, 2013
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3445_162-57569765/meteorites-hunting-missiles-from-outer-space/

Chelyabinsk decided to keep the money in meteorites
Konstantin Panyushkin, February 17, 2013,
http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=1034744&cid=7
http://cdn1.vesti.ru/p/o_740865.jpg

“But there is one place where there was neither MES
nor military. In general, anyone, and it was there,
according to local residents, and all fell. Residents of
a village in the south of Chelyabinsk - the name is not
disclosed specifically - show black stones and believe
that he is the fragments of a meteorite.

"The kids found fresh snow hole and started to get
out of the metal pieces of different shapes," - says
Sergey Turnovsky."

Yours,
Paul H.

2013 THE Year of Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

Why so Many Dashboard Web Cams of Chelyabinsk Airburst

Why so Many Dashboard Web Cams of Chelyabinsk Airburst

Why so Many Dashboard Web Cams of Bolide

If the list members wonder why there are so
such meteor footage from cameras mounted
on the dashboards of cars, It is explained in:

1. Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility
And Survival On The Road By Marina Galperina,
June 13, 2012, http://www.animalnewyork.com/2012/russian-dashcam/

2. Footage of Russian meteor highlights country’s
dashboard camera obsession (Why do Russians
keep dash-cams in their cars? Because accidents
and con-artists are common, and Russia's
highway cops are corrupt, according to reports.
New York Dailey News, February 15, 2013
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/russian-meteor-highlights-russian-dash-cam-culture-article-1.1265255

3. Russian meteor footage highlights dash cam
culture. CBC News, February 15, 2013
http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2013/02/russian-meteor-footage-highlights-dash-cam-culture.html

Those people going Russia might want to look at
Russian Road Rage and Car Crashes 2012 at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-l4w-DIiXk

Correction

The URL to "Asteroid impact zone found by Sunanda Creagh,
Science Alert, February 15, 2013" contains a "+" that it should not.

The URL should be

http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20131502-24059-2.html

Yours,

Paul H.