Yardymly (meteorite)
| Yardymly meteorite | ||
|---|---|---|
Observed fall Yes | | |
| Fall date | November 24, 1959[1] | |
| TKW | 150.29 kilograms (331.3 lb) | |
| Alternative names | Aroos, Iardymlinskii, Jardymlinsky, Yardymlinskii[1] | |
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The Yardymly
The eyewitnesses saw the bright bolide flying through clouds from southwest to northeast.[2] The falling was accompanied by a bright, blinding flare brighter than solar illumination and a noise similar to rolling thunder. The illumination embraced the area of ca. 2,800 square kilometres (1,100 sq mi).[4] The fall of individual pieces was accompanied by a whistling and drone, resembling that produced by a jet aircraft or missile.[2] The examination of chemical and physical properties of the meteorite was led by Azeri researcher Mirali Qashqai. The meteorite features a sizeable Widmanstätten pattern[5] and an anomalously low amount of tritium. Similar tritium anomalies were detected previously in other iron meteorites.[6]
At the request of American scientists, the Soviet Meteorite Committee sent the meteorite samples to
Individual pieces
In order of discovery:
- 1st 11.3 kilograms (25 lb)
- 2nd 5.7 kilograms (13 lb)
- 3rd 5.93 kilograms (13.1 lb)
- 4th 0.36 kilograms (0.79 lb)
- 5th 127 kilograms (280 lb)
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d Meteoritical Bulletin Database: Yardymly
- ^ a b c Permanent Commission of Meteorites of the International Geological Congress
- ^ (in Russian)В Азербайджане будут наблюдать за потоками Персеид Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine Echo
- ^ Soviet Azerbaijan Encyclopedia (Baku, 1981), vol. 5, p. 80
- ^ a b c (in Russian)Ярдымлинский метеорит Russian Academy of Sciences
- ^ Argon-37, Argon-39, and Tritium in Meteorites... Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy