14 year old German boy hit by Meteorite.
A schoolboy has survived a direct hit by a meteorite after it fell to earth.
Comments:
Frank:<br><br>As part of a discussion of this news article at Astronomy dot com, I read the original news report in German, and a subsequent telephone interview report with Ansgar Korte of the Hohmann/Essen Observatory. He was misquoted in the interview and had not actually seen the alleged meteorite.<br><br>I'm not disputing the boy's report, but it has some curious elements that don't seem to fit the usual profile of a small meteorite strike. As far as I've been able to determine from the various interviews, the only "testing" so far has been that the boy verified a magnet will stick to the pebble.<br><br>I'm surprised there weren't more followup reports. Apparently this happened on June 8 or 9.<br><br>Jeff b.
It does seem like either a rough translation or a poorly told story since a meteorite that makes a foot wide crater would probably tear through his hand, not bounce off it and bury itself in the road. Still, if it were a meteorite that hit his hand and landed in the road, with the details somewhat muddled, would that be the first recorded instance?
I believe someone said there are two other known instances......one has to wonder what the odds are.......
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