Doorbell camera captures meteorite slamming into Earth
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Home security-camera footage shows a puff of smoke, with the sound of an explosion included, as the space rock lands in Canada. A geologist said it was a rare recording.
Splat! A meteorite impact recorded by a doorbell camera gave scientists a rare view of a space rock at the moment it hit Earth. The sound is like shattering glass.
“No other meteorite fall has been documented like this ... it made impact… “`It’s from the asteroid belt…between Mars and Jupiter, so it’s come a long way,’ Herd said.”
A meteorite crash-landed on his home’s walkway. Hoping to confirm what he saw on his camera, Velaidum sent his home security video and pictures to Chris Herd, an expert in meteorites at the University of Alberta. Herd confirmed that it was indeed a meteorite and that it was a history-making moment.
Herd believes the meteorite that struck Velaidum's property came from an asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The meteorite traveled through the cold depths of space at thousands of miles an hour and encountered hot temperatures through Earth's ...
The space rock—recorded with visuals and sound—landed where the homeowner had been standing just minutes earlier
This is the first time the sound of a meteorite hitting Earth has been recorded, the University of Alberta said.
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Herd discovered that the sample was chondrite, the most common type of space rock that strikes Earth, and that it likely originated from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The footage is believed to be the first time that both sound and visuals of a meteorite strike have ever been recorded. Herd told CBC News