Meteorite crash landing captured on Ring doorbell camera outside home in Canada
The Canadian homeowner returned home in July 2024 to discover a star-shaped gray dust pattern on the sidewalk in front of his home in Prince Edward Island.
Curious about the dust, the homeowner checked the security camera footage and saw the shocking moment – a rock that looked like a rock. meteorite Scientists at the University of Alberta say they fell from space and crash-landed on their sidewalk. their findings Car crash earlier this week.
University of Alberta
Video captured by a Ring doorbell camera shows the security camera capturing the idyllic, lush setting for about five seconds when something suddenly appears in the frame and hits what appears to be the walkway of the house on the side of the stone entrance.
When a meteorite hits the pavement, the impact sounds like glass breaking or a pot falling. Chris Hurd, a science professor at the University of Alberta, said this is the first time the sounds and images of a falling meteor have been recorded on video.
“No other meteorite fall has been so completely documented and audible,” Hurd said in a statement. “It adds a whole new dimension to the island’s natural history.”
Hurd – who is also the university’s curator meteorite collection – Arrive at the scene 10 days after the possible meteorite fall and document the origin of the debris found by the homeowner. They picked up 7 grams of rocks from the grass next to the sidewalk and used vacuum cleaners and magnets to retrieve more samples. Herd also measured the 2 x 2 cm dent in the pavement caused by the impact.
University of Alberta
He found that the fragments were indeed a meteorite and said it was a common chondrite with characteristics that help explain why it broke apart when it hit the ground.
Meteors can hit the Earth, but this is usually rare. May 2023, Another homeowner reports a meteorite penetrated her New Jersey roof.
“For it to actually hit a house and for people to be able to pick it up is really unusual and rarely happens historically,” Derek Pitts, chief astronomer at the Franklin Institute, told CBS Philadelphia at the time.
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