"A stunned schoolboy is thanking his lucky stars after surviving a direct hit by a meteorite as it hurtled to Earth at more than 30,000 mph. Gerrit Blank, 14, was rushing to school when he saw a massive fireball heading straight towards him from the sky. "At first I just saw a large ball of light, and then I suddenly felt a pain in my hand. A split second after that there was an enormous bang like a crash of thunder," said Gerrit. The white-hot meteorite hit the ground so hard it left a foot wide crater in the tarmac and a three-inch long scar on Gerrit's hand where it bounced off him. Scientists are now studying the pea-sized meteorite which crashed to Earth in Essen, Germany. Chemical tests on the rock have proved it came from outer space."
2 comments:
While this incident was proven to be a real meteorite, why not figure out what it would take to create a faux meteorite impact zone. For this science fair project you will need to determine the depth, material displacement and force required to create a mock meteorite strike that looks real.
That’s crazy. How did it bury itself so deep into the ground and not severely hurt the boy’s hand?
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