A couple in Canada narrowly avoided being struck by a meteorite that crashed outside their home just minutes after they left for a walk. Their doorbell camera captured the dramatic moment the space rock hurtled out of the sky and exploded on impact, leaving behind a star-shaped pattern of debris.
The ultimate action-packed science and technology magazine bursting with exciting information about the universeEngaging articles, amazing illustrations & exclusive interviewsA couple in Canada narrowly missed being struck by a meteorite that crashed outside their home just two minutes after they had left for a walk — and their doorbell camera captured the space rock's crash.
"The shocking thing for me is that I was standing right there a couple of minutes right before this impact," Velaidum toldHe and Kelly rinsed their walkway immediately after they found the debris. But they managed to recover about 0.24 ounces that had sprinkled onto an adjacent patch of grass and another 3.1 ounces using a vacuum and a magnet.
"This is the first time that we've been able to record the fall of a meteorite both in video and sound," Herd told Canada's. The meteorite was a run-of-the-mill stony chondrite that traveled to Earth from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, and it would have been traveling at least 125 mph right before it struck, he said.
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