A Meteorite-Like Object Falls From Sky In Rajasthan & Makes 3-Foot-Deep Crater
According to the locals, an explosive sound was heard when the meteor fell from the sky. The object was emitting heat even three hours after it crashed leading many to believe that it could explode.
Pieces of natural space debris sometimes survive their journeys through Earth's atmosphere. These pieces of space rock keep hitting Earth more frequently than we all would know. They mostly go unnoticed because they hit vast uninhabited lands.
Some end up in places of human habitation and it's always perplexing. A ¡®meteorite¡¯-like object fell from the sky in Sanchore town of Rajasthan¡¯s Jalore district, on the morning of June 19. It created a crater 3-foot-deep, as per Hindustan Times.
According to reports, locals heard a huge explosion created by its fall, in a two-kilometre stretch in the area.
Locals rushed to the police station and the local administration to inform them of an explosive sound.
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Bhupendra Yadav, the sub-divisional officer at Sanchore told HT, that the ¡®meteorite¡¯-like object was found at around 7:00 am.
According to reports, the object is said to have been emitting heat up to three hours after it crashed, leading many to believe that it could explode.
"It weighed around 2.8 kg, he said. We found a huge piece of stone that had crashed into the land and created a 2-3 feet deep crater,¡± said Yadav told HT.
"I was standing on the balcony of my house when I saw something falling from the sky. The first thought that came to my mind was it being a bomb. Within no time, as it fell on the ground, an explosion-like sound occurred. The fall resulted in panic in the area. Most of the people in my colony woke up to this sound and children were scared,¡± Suresh Desai, a resident of Sanchor and an eye-witness told Outlook.
#BigNews |A very rare and valuable #Meteorite of 2.78 kg was found in Jalore district's #Sanchore earlier today in #Rajasthan. Locals heard a loud sound when this mysterious metal collapsed.A team of geologist examining this object. Every year over 17000 meteorites hit the earth. pic.twitter.com/q8pPGyaFXL
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Sub Divisional Magistrate Bhupendra Yadav reached the spot and was stunned to see the piece which was very hot at that time. As the object was emitting heat, it was allowed to cool and then packed in a jar and taken to the police station.
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"We have inspected the site where the object had fallen from the sky with a loud sound. Prime facie, it appears to be a piece of meteorite, which has been seized and kept safe as it shall be sent to the lab for further examination."
The officials concerned also got it tested in a private lab located at the jeweller's shop in Sanchore, who confirmed that the piece had metallic properties of Germanium, Platinum, Nickel and Iron (10.23 per cent of nickel, 85.86 per cent of iron, platinum 0.5 per cent, cobbit 0.78 per cent, geranium 0.02 per cent, antimony 0.01 per cent niobium 0.01 and other 3.02 per cent).
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