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2013 CHELYABINSK METEORITE IMPACT $5 Cook Islands 999 1oz SILVER COIN

2013 CHELYABINSK METEORITE IMPACT $5 Cook Islands 999 1oz SILVER COIN
2013 CHELYABINSK METEORITE IMPACT $5 Cook Islands 999 1oz SILVER COIN
2013 CHELYABINSK METEORITE IMPACT $5 Cook Islands 999 1oz SILVER COIN
2013 CHELYABINSK METEORITE IMPACT $5 Cook Islands 999 1oz SILVER COIN

2013 CHELYABINSK METEORITE IMPACT $5 Cook Islands 999 1oz SILVER COIN

Featuring the CHELYABINSK Impact, with real piece of CHELYABINSK Meteorite in center of coin. NASA estimated it to be the largest meteor since 1908. The large number of injuries is also unique; 1200 people were injured, more than 1100 by broken glass from shattered windows.

The diameter of the meteor was 17 metres and its mass about 10000 tons. The celestial body entered the Earths atmosphere travelling at a velocity of 18 kilometers per second. The kinetic energy was equivalent to 500 kilotons of TNT which amounts to the energy released from 33 atomic bombs as detonated at Hiroshima.

The air burst and the following shock wave resulted in 200000 square metres of broken windows and damage to about 4000 homes. According to press releases a fragment of the meteorite hit lake Tschebarkul near the town of Chelyabinsk, tearing a hole of about six metres in diameter in the ice sheet. With this coin you experience the explosion through the eyes of the inhabitants of Chelyabinsk. Broken window panes and the passing meteoroid trail in the sky.

For once a very different perspective for a commemorative coin. The item "2013 CHELYABINSK METEORITE IMPACT $5 Cook Islands 999 1oz SILVER COIN" is in sale since Monday, October 03, 2016. This item is in the category "Coins & Paper Money\Bullion\Silver\Coins". The seller is "silverhopswisc" and is located in Schertz, Texas.

This item can be shipped to United States, to Canada.


2013 CHELYABINSK METEORITE IMPACT $5 Cook Islands 999 1oz SILVER COIN