Publicist Serdar Akiniyazov told Centralasia.news about the famous meteorite that fell in Kunya Urgench. The meteorite landed in 1998 on the edge of a cotton field. According to eyewitnesses of this event, the Kyone-Urgench meteorite fell with a great rumble, which spread for tens of kilometers.
At the point of impact, the rock of cosmic origin formed a hole about 4 meters deep and about 5 meters in diameter. The blast wave covered it with 1.5 meters of earth, and it was only possible to find the "heavenly stone" the next day.
Dimensions of the meteorite was 80 cm in diameter and 70 cm in height, the approximate age of the stone according to experts was 4.5 billion years, weight - 820 kg. This object is the third largest stone meteorite in the world and the first in the CIS countries.
The Koenyurgench meteorite is now in Ashgabat in the collection of the museum of the State Cultural Center.
Я нашел метеорит