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European Space Agency Probing Fireball that Hit German Home
Fragments from a several-meter-wide meteor exploded over Rhineland-Palatinate, hitting multiple buildings in Koblenz-Güls and reported by over 3,000 witnesses across Europe.
- On Sunday, the European Space Agency reported a fireball exploded over Rhineland-Palatinate, with fragments punching a hole in the roof of a home in Koblenz-Güls, Germany.
- ESA's analysis indicates the space rock measured a few metres across and broke apart in the atmosphere, creating fragments that sometimes survive ground impact; it likely evaded large-scale telescope sky surveys.
- Recordings and thousands of witness reports show Europe's AllSky7 fireball network captured the meteor shortly before fragments hit Koblenz-Güls, with witnesses across five countries reporting a spiralling smoke trail and hearing the explosion.
- Local reports indicate the local fire department and German public broadcaster DW say a fragment landed in an unoccupied bedroom after damaging a roof, with some collected fragments unconfirmed and no injuries reported among residents of Koblenz-Güls.
- ESA emphasizes that only 11 meteors have been detected before entry, objects this size strike every few weeks to years, and ESA's Planetary Defence team advances detection via Flyeye and NASA's NEO Surveyor.
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According to some reports, one of them punched a hole the size of a soccer ball across the roof of the house into the bedroom.
Falling meteorite smashes hole in roof of German house after spectacular 'fireball' explosion over Europe
A German town has been peppered by meteorites after a stunning "fireball" exploded in the skies over central Europe. One extraterrestrial fragment landed in a bedroom after punching a soccer ball-size hole through the building's roof.
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