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Meteor Crashes into Indian Village

Category: Astronomy

name By Michael Ramses
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Jul 30, 2017
Last Updated: Aug 05, 2017
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Bhubaneswar, India
September 28th 2003

Two people were injured and several homes badly damaged when a meteor came crashing down out of the sky and struck a small village in eastern India. The meteor touched down just after sunset. Witnesses reported a large fireball illuminating the evening sky, which caused panic among many of the local residents.

Additional reports from surrounding areas described a thunderous noise that cracked and shattered several windows as the meteor broke up in the atmosphere during its decent. One of these fragments came down in the Mayurbhanj district and set several homes ablaze. Further reports in a neighboring village stated that other fragments were responsible for at least one more house fire, although these reports could not be confirmed.

Government officials are scourging the countryside looking for additional fragments. They are asking citizens not to pick up suspected meteorites.

Meteorites are a valuable commodity. They often sell on eBay for a few hundred to a few thousand dollars. Very large meteorite's go for extraordinary prices.

On an average day, hundreds of objects collide with the Earth's atmosphere. Known as shooting stars by ordinary people, these objects are actually meteors. Traveling at over 10,000 kilometers per hour, all but a very few burn up in Earth's atmosphere before they make contact with Earth's surface.



Originally published in Acrimony Magazine Issue #3 October 2003
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