A comprehensive study of distribution laws for the fragments of Košice meteoriteстатья
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Аннотация:In this study, we conduct a detailed analysis of the Kosice meteorite fall (February
28, 2010), to derive a reliable law describing the mass distribution among the recovered
fragments. In total, 218 fragments of the Kosice meteorite, with a total mass of 11.285 kg,
were analyzed. Bimodal Weibull, bimodal Grady, and bimodal lognormal distributions are
found to be the most appropriate for describing the Kosice fragmentation process. Based on
the assumption of bimodal lognormal, bimodal Grady, bimodal sequential, and bimodal
Weibull fragmentation distributions, we suggest that, prior to further extensive
fragmentation in the lower atmosphere, the Kosice meteoroid was initially represented by
two independent pieces with cumulative residual masses of approximately 2 and 9 kg,
respectively. The smaller piece produced about 2 kg of multiple lightweight meteorite
fragments with the mean around 12 g. The larger one resulted in 9 kg of meteorite
fragments, recovered on the ground, including the two heaviest pieces of 2.374 kg and
2.167 kg with the mean around 140 g. Based on our investigations, we conclude that two to
three larger fragments of 500–1000 g each should exist, but were either not recovered or not
reported by illegal meteorite hunters.