Nature magazine included the scientist Viktor Grokhovsky in the list of "10 people" for the study of the Chebarkul meteorite

The Russian scientist and teacher Viktor Grokhovsky is included in an honorary list of 10 people who conducted significant research for science in 2013, compiled by one of the most authoritative public -scientific journals of the world Nature . The Ural scientist was awarded such an honor for the study of the Chebarkul meteorite.

Victor Grokhovsky was engaged in the study of "Events without warning," writes the British edition, implying a meteorite fall in the Chelyabinsk region in February 2013. Associate Professor of the Physics and Technology Institute of the Ural Federal University, as well as a member of the Committee of the Russian Academy of Sciences in meteorites, became famous precisely thanks to the study of this celestial body, which in itself gained great popularity and gave rise to a lot of jokes on the network.

According to Nature, "a powerful meteorite got to our planet with the side inaccessible for observation from the Earth in the telescope and found the astronomers by surprise." “Two days later, Grokhovsky quickly calculated the meteorite trajectory and the place of falling of its parts, and then headed the expedition, which collected more than 700 meteorite fragments,” the publication continues.

“A little later, the most valuable find was made: a large funnel in the ice of Lake Chebarkul near Chelyabinsk, which was on the path of the trajectory, prompted Grokhovsky that it was there that the largest fragment fell. From there, from the bottom, divers and raised a stone weighing 570 kg in October,” the scientific journal said.

Grokhovsky himself said that the study of the meteorite has become a unique experience in his life. “I was lucky to take part in this exciting story about the adventures of the“ space traveler ”on Earth,” the scientist said to the publication.

For 2013, the Biologist Shukhrat Mitalipov, as well as his colleagues Feng Zhang and Deborah Perso, is also included in the list of NATURE magazine for 2013. In addition, it was especially noted by the British edition of the Chinese virologist Hualan Chen, Swiss astronomer Michelle Major, American anthropologist Katherine Clansy and English physicist Henry Snessi. In addition to scientists, the list includes a scientific consultant of the American Civil Freedom Union Tanya Simonchelli and the Philippine diplomat Nadeva Sano.