MIGHEI

The Mighei meteorite is the type specimen of a new type of meteorite material CM chondrites.

Kostenkova, a peasant, was standing 350 m to the east of the meteorite fall. She witnessed a flying bolide accompanied by a strong whirlwind. According to Kostenkova, the meteorite fell to earth from a height of 20-25 m, and it fell quite vertically: The meteorite seemed a black round rotating sphere like a big watermelon; "smoke and steam like a huge wheel surrounded it". The meteorite buried into the soil for half its diameter:Falling, the meteorite knocked down three sunflowers:.All the leaves on the sunflowers around the meteorite hole up to a height of 1.5 m, were covered by a black, marked layer of soot.