{"id":43032,"date":"2013-10-17T17:19:49","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T13:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=43032"},"modified":"2013-10-17T17:19:49","modified_gmt":"2013-10-17T13:19:49","slug":"half-tonne-chunk-of-chelyabinsk-meteor-is-pulled-out-of-russian-lake-breaking-the-scales-as-scientists-attempt-to-weigh-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=43032","title":{"rendered":"Half-tonne ‘chunk of Chelyabinsk meteor’ is pulled out of Russian lake – breaking the scales as scientists attempt to weigh it"},"content":{"rendered":"

A half-tonne rock, suspected to be a meteorite, has today been pulled out of murky lake in the Urals, Russia.<\/p>\n

Experts believe it may be part of a meteor whose ground-shaking shockwave hurt 1,600 people in Russia in February.<\/p>\n

The meteor broke up into multiple pieces as it entered the atmosphere, scattering space debris across the industrial region.<\/p>\n

Much of the meteor landed in a local lake called Chebarkul that the divers entered in an operation covered live on Russian television.<\/p>\n

The rock broke up into at least three large pieces as scientists began lifting it from the ground with the help of levers and ropes.<\/p>\n

The scale itself broke the moment it hit the 570-kilogramme (1,255-pound) mark.<\/p>\n

Experts cautioned however that it will take time before scientists can certify that the rock they pulled from the lake had indeed come from outer space.<\/p>\n

The Vesti 24 rolling news channel reported that divers had already recovered more than 12 pieces from Lake Chebarkul since the February 15 incident.<\/p>\n

The station cautioned that only four or five them turned out being real meteorites.<\/p>\n

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