According to The sun, The American Meteorological Association has confirmed the discovery of a meteorite in Texas. They also said two other fragments had been found in Italy and France.
Preliminary information leads NASA experts to believe that this 60 cm long meteorite flew over the Texas sky before breaking into several pieces and crashing in unknown locations.
Debris found in Texas.
Debris found in Texas.
The meteorite traveled at a speed of 27,000 miles per hour (more than 43,000 km/h) with the energy of 8 tons of TNT, according to NASA meteor watch.
NASA is warning residents not to touch pieces of burning space rock and to notify police if anything suspicious is detected.
Previously, AMS shared a photo of the newly discovered meteorite and noted that two other pieces were found in Italy and France. In Italy, a meteorite fell on the balcony of a residential house.
The origin of the mysterious object remains unknown, but space meteorites generally do not pose a threat to the public, NASA said.
Local people believe the image is of a falling meteorite.
Local people believe the image is of a falling meteorite.
Video from a security camera in the neighborhood near where the meteorite fragments fell also recorded the sonic boom of the meteorite as it crashed to the ground. Some witnesses also said that when the meteorite fell, their windows shook violently, as if there had been an earthquake.
The US National Weather Bureau said the meteorite’s fireball could be observed using weather forecasting satellites.
Article source: VTC
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