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The meteorite will be officially named "Chelyabinsk"

Studio photos of the meteorite available here

Yes, they mean: Yekateriburg citizens have found little nuggets in 30-40 meters from the open water, and they were not allowed to approach to the open water.

Scientists of the Ural Federal University recovered some pieces from the surface of Chebarkul lake. They identified them as pieces of an ordinary chondrite. Autotranslated article here.

There are black little stones found on the ice of Chebarkul lake. There's little chance that they're not part of the meteorite. There are messages, not officially confirmed, that the meteorite was assigned the name of the lake. So, if the officials will confirm this, it's Chebarkul meteorite. Local ...

Chris, agree. Until no meteorites of the event recovered on soil one whould suggest it a potential meteorite or meteor. I'll try to change the title.

About one and a half hour ago a large meteor was seen near Chelyabinsk, Russia. Time will tell whether it is meteor or meteorite. Strong booms could be caused by the explosion of the meteor in air, and the destructive consequence could be caused by the blast wave. Until meteorites are recovered one ...

Hello all. My name is Ilya Sheershov (though spelling in Latin alphabet may vary from document to document), I'm web-developer. I'm 31 and I'm fond of APOD for ~17 years already. It'll be a long post. :-) Why am I interested in astronomy? My mind is always pledging for more information on the struct...