Something Crashed Through a Man’s Living Room in Broad Daylight: A 4.5-Billion-Year-Old Meteorite.
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Key Points:
- A meteorite that crashed into a house in McDonough, Georgia, has been dated to be 4.56 billion years old, making it 20 million years older than Earth itself.
- Researchers believe the meteorite's parent body separated from a large asteroid in the main asteroid belt about 470 million years ago.
- The McDonough meteorite, about the size of a cherry tomato, penetrated the roof and living room floor, demonstrating high velocity and energy upon impact.
- Classified as a Low Metal (L type) ordinary chondrite, the meteorite contains chondrules, confirming its extraterrestrial origin and providing insight into asteroid formation.
- Scientists hope studying this event will improve understanding of asteroid impacts
