The Chelyabinsk meteorite could bounce off another celestial body, reports "AIF Chelyabinsk".
The famous Chelyabinsk meteorite, which exploded in the South Urals more than 3 years ago, is still being investigated by Russian scientists. Having studied the remaining parts of the space object, a researcher from Novosibirsk, Viktor Sharygin, expressed a version that the meteorite collided with a similar body before it hit the Earth. Sharygin's hypothesis is supported by the strange form of melting of the Ural meteorite. So the cobblestone could melt, colliding with another space object or passing in close proximity to the Sun. Melting traces on the Chelyabinsk meteorite clearly appeared before the cosmovaloon entered the atmosphere of our planet. The version of a collision with another asteroid seems more likely to scientists.
The morning of February 15, 2013 will be remembered by Chelyabinsk residents forever. A meteorite weighing 12 tons and a diameter of 17–20 meters swept through the Earth's atmosphere at a speed of 19 km / s.
A shock wave from a meteorite explosion broke windows in 7 thousand buildings in Chelyabinsk. Over 1.6 thousand people went to medical institutions with shrapnel wounds. Economic losses from a meteorite impact exceeded 1 billion rubles.
