[meteorite-list] Meteorite Lands on Home in Wolcott

[Robin Whittle]

Hi Tom,

Thanks for this link.  It is a handsome piece of asteroid to be
delivered to one's home.  The damage would be quite easy to repair and
no-one was hurt.  If something like this hit a person standing outside,
it would kill or seriously injure them.


http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Possible-Meteorite-in-Wolcott-204294971.html

The video shows the meteorite - a chondrite - to be burnt on most of its
outside, but one side is a fresh fracture inside this burnt area.

Would this have occurred in the roof, or can a meteorite survive being
toasted and the extreme forces this involves, and then break apart in
the atmosphere before hitting the ground?

  - Robin


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> Regards!
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> Tom