Fallen Meteorite May Have Hit a Home in Houston
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Key Points:
- A large meteor approximately 3 feet wide and weighing about a ton exploded over Houston, Texas, on Saturday evening, creating a bright fireball and a loud boom heard across the area.
- NASA confirmed the meteor traveled at 35,000 mph, releasing energy equivalent to 26 tons of TNT and breaking apart 29 miles above Houston, with fragments falling between Willowbrook and Northgate Crossing.
- Some meteor fragments reportedly crashed into a north Houston home, puncturing the roof and ceiling, with residents discovering a hole and a rock believed to be part of the meteor.
- The American Meteor Society received over 150 eyewitness reports describing a thunder-like clap and streak of light, classifying the event as a fireball visible to the naked eye.
- This Houston meteor event follows a similar recent meteor explosion over northeast Ohio, which also caused a sonic boom and attracted meteorite hunters searching for fragments.
