Scientists to look for meteorite in Siberia

A scientific expedition will set out on Tuesday for the meteorite crash site in the Irkutsk region (Siberia).

According to the latest data disclosed by Viktor Grigoryev, deputy head of the Solar and Earth Physics Institute of the Siberian Department of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), the meteorite fell on September 25th about 30km from the Mama village, not in the Bodai district as was previously believed. The crash site's co-ordinates were corrected on the basis of data obtained by Irkutsk seismologists and an American satellite which registered a burst of the meteorite exploding in the atmosphere.

According to Grigoryev, chances to find fragments of the space traveller are low because of low temperatures and show in the region. The primary objective is to minimise the search area. Scientists are planning to achieve this goal by getting into hard-to-reach areas of taiga as far as possible.

The expedition at issue will last for a week. Scientists are next expected to visit the area in spring.