meteorite

ロシア中部チェラビンスク州など、ロシア中部からカザフスタンにかけての広い範囲で１５日午前、隕石（meteorite）とみられる物体が落下しました。

日本時間の明日未明に接近するといわれている惑星との関係はないとみられています。（UG）

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHcsedPTGG4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9GWStSfCmU

Meteorite Falls in Russian Urals

MOSCOW—A meteor flew across the skies above Russia's Ural Mountains Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and injuring about 100 people, including many who were hurt by broken glass.

Fragments of the meteor fell in a thinly populated area of the Chelyabinsk region, the Emergency Ministry said in a statement.

Interior Ministry spokesman Vadim Kolesnikov said 102 people had called for medical assistance following the incident, mostly for treatment of injuries from glass broken by the explosions.

Reports are conflicted on what happened in the clear skies. A spokeswoman for the Emergency Ministry, Irina Rossius, said there was a meteor shower, but another ministry spokeswoman, Elena Smirnikh, was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying it was a single meteorite.

Kolsenikov said about 600 square meters (6,500 square feet) of a roof at a zinc factory had collapsed.

Amateur video broadcast on Russian television showed an object speeding across the sky about 9:20 a.m. local time, leaving a thick white contrail and an intense flash.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324162304578305163574597722.html

http://d.hatena.ne.jp/A30/20100815/1281798833
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/A30/20121213/1355409053