US EditionMeteorite that ripped through Georgia homeowner's roof is 20 million years older than Earth, scientist says
HENRY COUNTY, GEORGIA, AUG 12 – The McDonough Meteorite, 20 million years older than Earth, pierced a Georgia home and provides key insights into early solar system history, UGA scientists said.
- A meteorite that ripped through a Georgia homeowner's roof is approximately 4.5 billion years old, making it older than Earth.
- The rock, named the McDonough meteorite, is the 27th to have been recovered from Georgia.
- Scott Harris, a geologist at the University of Georgia, said such events used to be expected once every few decades but are now occurring more frequently.
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A meteorite that hit the roof of a house in the city of McDonough, the American state of Georgia, is about 20 million years older than the Earth, shows an analysis carried out by researchers at the University of Georgia. The space rock has now formed 4.56 billion years ago and comes from an old asteroid that would have been found between Mars and Jupiter, reports Live Science.
Scientists have announced that the meteorite that crashed into a house in the USA is older than the planet Earth. The object flew through the sky in the middle of the day before exploding over the state of Georgia on June 26, NASA confirmed.
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Fiery Meteorite That Punched Hole in Georgia Home’s Roof Is Older Than Earth (Maria) The author writes, “A meteorite that punched a hole in a Georgia homeowner’s roof after blazing across the sky in a fiery streak is older than the Earth itself, according to a scientist who examined fragments of the space rock. People in several Southern states reported seeing the mysterious fireball in broad daylight on June 26 as it hurtled toward the ground …
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