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Meteorite Crashes Into Georgia Home, Turns Out to Be 20 Million Years Older Than Earth
On a clear June day in Georgia, a blazing fireball suddenly fell out of the sky over the Atlanta metro area. The source of this spectacle was a 1-ton meteor that exploded in mid-air, sending a cherry tomato-sized fragment shooting through the roof of a McDonough home.
A Meteorite Tore Through a Georgia Home’s Roof. It Turns Out the Space Rock Is Older Than Our Planet
A planetary geologist finds that the meteorite, which fell in June, came from the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter ...
A 4.56-billion-year-old meteorite from the asteroid belt tore through a Georgia home after a daylight fireball, offering scientists rare clues to the early solar system.
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The 4.56-Billion-Year Journey of Georgia’s Ancient Visitor
What does it take for a rock older than the Earth to appear in a Georgia living room? It was on June 26 that a smoldering ...
A meteorite "crash landed" in Georgia on June 26. Particles that tore through the roof of a home in Henry County, Georgia, 31 ...
A meteorite that smashed through a home in McDonough, Georgia, has been found to be 4.56 billion years old, making it about 20 million years older than Earth. The fragment, from the asteroid belt ...
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