According to expert Chris Herd, it's an "ordinary chondrite," the most common kind of meteoriteHave you ever wondered what a meteorite hitting Earth sounds like?Last July, Joe Velaidum and Laura Kelly,
A home security camera captured the rare event. The homeowner narrowly escaped getting hit. “It probably would’ve ripped me in half.”
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While cameras have captured meteors streaking across the sky, capturing the sound of a complete meteorite strike on video is extremely rare.
Herd discovered that the sample was chondrite, the most common type of space rock that strikes Earth, and that it likely originated from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The footage is believed to be the first time that both sound and visuals of a meteorite strike have ever been recorded. Herd told CBC News
This is the first time the sound of a meteorite hitting Earth has been recorded, the University of Alberta said.
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The space rock—recorded with visuals and sound—landed where the homeowner had been standing just minutes earlier
A couple returned home to a burst of debris on their walkway. Their home security camera revealed it was a meteorite hitting Earth.