The police department investigating the incident said it reached out to multiple agencies to learn more about the object. Where did the (potential) meteorite come from? The objects then get pulled down to that planet or body. These objects fly around the solar system until they get caught in the gravitational field of a planet or another body, he said. A lot of this is dust and dirt and little bits of rock and some larger pieces of rock and asteroids." This is junk that didn't get swept up into planets. "That's because this is trash leftover from the beginning of the solar system. "Pieces of space junk flying around, these things tend to be in the billions of years old," he said. He also said it's likely extremely old, as in 4 billion or 5 billion years old. So in this case, the object that hit the house would be a meteorite. If they fall into earth's atmosphere, they're called meteors and if they land, they're called meteorites. Objects that fly around in space are called meteoroids, he said. Pitts said the item could very well be a meteorite. Meteor showers: The Eta Aquariid meteor showers: A visual guide on where, when and how to view What is this object? "It stands as a strong possibility that that's what this could be."Įta Aquariid: Meteor shower peaks tonight: How to watch Eta Aquariid in the night sky "If you look at it, it does resemble what certain kinds of meteorites look like," he said. That'll come with more in-depth analysis, he said. That's only if this is really a meteorite though, he said. "The instance of that happening, you can count on one hand over the last 1,000 years, maybe." "Here's an instance where a sizable object has not only fallen in a populated region, it also hit a house and it was immediately collected by the occupants," he said.
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