The mysterious object will be analyzed to determine if it is indeed of extraterrestrial origins.
If confirmed, it will be one of the exceedingly rare instances of a meteorite striking a person—the person lived to confirm it happened.
The most famous instance was in 1954, when a woman in Alabama was struck by a meteorite that fell through the roof of her home,A quick breakdown of the vocabulary: meteorites are fallen bits of space rock and metal that have landed on Earth. Meteors are the fallbits of rock and metal. Asteroids are large chunks of rock and metal in space, which are often the source of Earth’s meteors.
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