Search meteor fragment that exploded in Russia, Friday (15/02/2013) coming to fruition. Russian military to make sure it three locations identified as a fragment of the meteorite aka meteor that exploded.

Andrey Orlov

     The hole in the frozen surface of Lake Chebarkul collision allegedly caused by a meteorite, Friday (02/15/2013).

Search meteor fragment that exploded in Russia, Friday (15/02/2013) coming to fruition. Russian military to make sure it three locations identified as a fragment of the meteorite aka meteor that exploded.

Site reports Russia Today (RT), the Russian Army had secured the three points of the meteorite. Each of the two points on Lake Chebarkul in the western city of Chelyabinsk. The third point in the near Zlatoust separate distance of 80 kilometers from the two other points.

The discovery at Lake Cherbakul reported by local residents. In place of the alleged meteorite crash site due to the crater formed as a hole in the frozen waters. One of the holes were allegedly former meteorite collision 6 meters wide.

Tank Brigade members have been keeping the area and set up a safety line. The measurement results are reported there was no increase in harmful radiation in the vicinity. Water samples were not contaminated with foreign material as well.

The experts who rushed to the scene to identify a meteorite that fell estimate made ​​of rock and iron. The dives will be made to locate the object.

The results of the analysis of the Russian Academy of Sciences earlier stated that the meteor that exploded estimated to have weighed 10 tons and shot in the Earth's atmosphere at supersonic speeds up to 54,000 miles per hour before it exploded at an altitude of 30-50 kilometers from the surface.

Russian Space Agency Roskosmos is also estimated that the object was a meteorite fell in Chelyabinsk.

"Based on initial estimates, the object space that is not man-made and qualified as a meteorite. Objects are moving at a low trajectory with a speed of 30 kilometers per second," the Roskosmos analysis.

Meteor exploded at around 9:20 am local time when residents began berkativitas. final report blast causes injuries reached 950 people and damage to buildings.