HARTFORD-a chunk ofspacerockwasfalling andhitting theroof of housesin theUnited States. Thisbaseballball-sizedmeteoritehittingthe roof andcausingdamage tothe roofandpipehome.
Reported byUniversetoday, Wednesday(4/24/2013),a rockthat crashedthrougha house inConnecticut,American surgeonStateslast weekendconfirmedthemeteorite.HomeownerLarryBeckcontactedpolice inWolcott, CTon April 20,2010, at 10: 30a.mlocal time.
Larryball-sizedstonesaid thatbaseballfallson the roof of his houseat night,causing damage tothe roof andpipesin theLoft. Effect oflacingthe meteoritealsoresulted inretaknyaceilingin thekitchen.
Police alsoreported thatresidentsof sometowns inthe areato contactthe police,after hearing theloudexplosionthat shookWindows atlastFriday night. Policehad previouslythought thatthe stoneis part ofan airportrunwayconcretebeing droppedwhenaircraftwas about toland, becausethe Houseis close totwo airports.
After checkingthechunks ofstoneon Tuesday,StefanNicolescuofMineralogyDivisionat theYalePeabodyMuseumconfirm thatthe rockwasa meteorite. Thisis aspacerockChondritesornon-metallicmeteorite.
A meteoriteis ameteoroid(fireballs) whichmanaged to landon Earth.Thesespaceobjectsintothe Earthafterpenetrating theatmosphere andlanded on thesurface of the Earth. (fmh)
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