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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Падение метеорита в Чикаго http://variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1207356/eng |
Credit & Copyright: Ivan and Colby Navarro
Explanation:
If you wait long enough, a piece of outer space
itself will come right to you.
As Colby Navarro worked innocently on the computer, a rock from
space crashed through the roof,
struck the printer, banged off the wall,
and came to rest near the filing cabinet.
This occurred around midnight on March 26 in Park Forest,
Illinois,
USA, near Chicago.
The meteorite,
measuring about 10 cm across, was one of several that
fell near Chicago that day as part of a
tremendous fireball.
Pictured above is the resulting hole in the ceiling,
while the inset image shows the wall
dent and the
meteorite itself.
Although the vast majority of
meteors is much smaller and burn up in the
Earth's atmosphere,
the average homeowner should expect to repair direct
meteor damage every hundred million years.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
Specific
rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.