The Chelyabinsk meteorite is an ordinary chondrite classified LL5.On February 15, 2013, in the morning a bright fireball was seen by numerous residents near and around the Chelyabinsk district. Video of the bright fireball were recorded by video cameras from cars and buildings. Local people of the Chelyabinsk district heard, after the bright fireball the sound of a large explosion.

Tthousands stones fell as a shower ~40 km S of Chelyabinsk. The meteorite were recovered and collected out of snow by local people shortly after the fall. The biggest Chelyabinsk meteorite have broken the ice of Chebarkul Lake, located 70 km W of Chelyabinsk and was removed later from the lake bottom.