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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Wed Apr 24, 2013, 02:41 PM Apr 2013

Meteorite 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/
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Meteorite Crashes Through Roof of a House in Connecticut (Original Post) n2doc Apr 2013 OP
How hot would it have been when it hit his house? Scuba Apr 2013 #1
I don't think it would be very hot. Thor_MN May 2013 #6
And how much is it worth? Animal Chin Apr 2013 #2
Steve Arnold says some are worth their weight in gold, but which ones I don't know. jakeXT Apr 2013 #3
There are some that have been identified as coming from the Moon, and Mars n2doc Apr 2013 #5
Tough way to acquire your collectibles. Yo_Mama Apr 2013 #4
Dude should go out and buy a lottery ticket Warren DeMontague May 2013 #7
 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
6. I don't think it would be very hot.
Sat May 4, 2013, 06:49 PM
May 2013

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)
2. And how much is it worth?
Wed Apr 24, 2013, 04:34 PM
Apr 2013

I understand these can be worth hundreds of thousands, if not millions, to collectors. And this one seems to be a pretty good size.

n2doc

(47,953 posts)
5. There are some that have been identified as coming from the Moon, and Mars
Wed Apr 24, 2013, 09:45 PM
Apr 2013

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)
4. Tough way to acquire your collectibles.
Wed Apr 24, 2013, 09:32 PM
Apr 2013

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.

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