On Sunday night, October 2, Ruth Hamilton woke up to an explosion: a meteorite went through her ceiling and fell on her bed. She came out unscathed.
Ruth Hamilton, a Canadian living in British Columbia, was sleeping soundly on Sunday night, October 2, when her dog began to bark. “Suddenly there was an explosionHe told CDC News Vancouver. Frightened, Ruth Hamilton jumps out of bed, turns off the light, and finds a hole.The size of a fistOn his roof, just above the bed.
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The sequence of events is incredible. After calling for help, the young woman turned the pillow over and found it.A piece of black rock, smooth but angular“, A few inches from where his head was, explains the Canadian press.
Police rushed to the scene and conducted an investigation. A group of construction workers near the house “said they saw”The ball shining in the sky“A police officer came back to Ruth Hamilton and confirmed to him:”Hope there is a meteor in your bed.
Several researchers rallied to clarify this mystery. Geologists from the University of Western Ontario traveled to the city of Golden with members of the University of Calgary to discover a second meteorite weighing half a kilo northeast of the city. On Sunday evening, October 3, at 11:33 pm local time, the researchers appealed to anyone with video or photos. “We are trying to reconstruct what is the path that came through the skySaid geophysicist Bill McClelland. An invention like this is very valuable: missions to get an asteroid model in space can cost billions of dollars.
Hundreds of meteors are said to reach the Earth’s surface each year, but they are rarely found in places where they can be easily recovered. According to CTV News Vancouver, the chance of a meteor hit your house is 4 in 1 trillion.
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