A meteorite through the roof of the house in Georgia, USA, 20 million years older than Earth. About this report News4jax.
A 23 grams of heaven fell on June 26 in the city of McDonou, breaking the roof of the house and leaving a dent on the floor. The planetary geologist Scott Harris from the University of Georgia discovered that the meteorite formed 4.56 billion years ago and was originally part of the planet belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Scientists believe that a meteorite was formed in the collapse of a large asteroid 470 million years ago. Its research can provide new data on the formation of the solar system. The owner of the house is not injured, but becomes the owner of a single object, an estimated cost of about $ 50,000 (four million rubles).
This is the third case confirmed as a meteorite falling in Georgia since 1959. The body enters the atmosphere with the speed beyond the sound speed, residents of some Southern countries see fire balls. The fragments of a meteorite size of cherry tomatoes will be transferred to Arizon University for further research.
Earlier, a man from Germany was supplied with a large number for a meteorite falling in his garden. The cost of the object is estimated to be 200,000 euros.
