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Related: About this forumMeteorite Crashes Through Roof of a House in Connecticut
A rock that crashed through a house in Connecticut last weekend has been confirmed to be a meteorite.
Homeowner Larry Beck called police in Wolcott, CT at 10:30 a.m. on April 20, 2013 and said a baseball-sized rock crashed through his home the night before, causing damage to his roof and pipes in the attic before cracking the ceiling in his kitchen. Police reported that people from several towns in the area had called to report a loud boom that rattled windows last Friday evening.
Reports say that at first, police thought the rock was a broken piece of airport runway concrete that had dropped from a plane when landing gear was being lowered. The home is near two airports.
After examining the object on Tuesday, Stefan Nicolescu, the collections manager for the Mineralogy Division at the Yale Peabody Museum confirmed it was in fact a meteorite, likely a chondrite.
Read more: http://www.universetoday.com/101654/meteorite-crashes-through-roof-of-a-house-in-connecticut/
Scuba
(53,475 posts)Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)The surface gets quite hot going through the upper atmosphere, but the core is "interplanetary space" cold. By the time it gets to the ground, the heat at the surface is being drained to the cold core. I suppose that it has a lot to do with speed and angle of approach, not to mention the heat conductance of the material it is made of.
Animal Chin
(175 posts)I understand these can be worth hundreds of thousands, if not millions, to collectors. And this one seems to be a pretty good size.
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)n2doc
(47,953 posts)Those are worth a lot. Also any really rare types. This one looks like a fairly common type, but who knows. It might be from some new location or a very unusual chemistry.
Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)Imagine calling your insurance company with a claim like that! Only to be told about the "no meteorite" clause on page 32 in small print.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)IMMEDIATELY.