A French woman was hit by a meteorite while drinking coffee on the terrace with a friend in an incredibly unusual astronomical incident, as reported by Newsweek.
The event occurred on July 6, while the woman, whose identity has not been revealed, was seated on an outside terrace with a friend. A weird rock smacked her in the ribcage.?
"I heard a loud 'Poom' from the roof next to us. I felt a jolt in my ribs in the second that followed. I mistook it for an animal, a bat! We assumed it was a bit of cement, the kind we use on the ridge tiles. But it lacked colour,'' the woman told the French publication Les Derni¨¨res Nouvelles d'Alsace.?
To figure out what happened, she had the rock examined by a local roofer. The roofer informed her that it was not composed of cement and resembled a meteorite. She also presented it to geologist Thierry Rebmann, who proved its extraterrestrial origins.?
The geologist noted that the meteorite contained a blend of iron and silicon, which is not unusual in and of itself. However, it is quite rare for individuals to be struck by such things.
"Finding a meteor is unusual enough, but being in direct contact with one and having it fall on you is astronomically rare," Dr Rebmann explained.?
He went on to say that seeing meteors in moderate climate zones like France is much more rare.?
"They are extremely rare in our temperate environments." They blend in with other elements. "On the other hand, we can find them more easily in a desert environment," Dr Rebmann explained.?
Meteorites are 'space rocks' that survive the Earth's atmosphere and fall to the ground. According to NASA, almost 50 tonnes of meteoritic debris fall to Earth every day.?
According to CBS News, a probable meteorite blasted through the roof of a US home in New Jersey in May of this year.?
A four-by-six-inch item impacted a ranch-style house on Old Washington Crossing Pennington Road, inflicting damage to the hardwood floor, according to the Hopewell Township Police Department. The family members were not inside the house when the collision occurred.
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