The story dates back to July 2024 and could be, according to some researchers, the first video ever recorded capturing the sound and audio of a crashing meteorite. After analysis, the former celestial body had traveled a long way before colliding with Earth.
“What shocked me was that I was there, a few minutes before the impact. If I had seen it [ndr, la météorite] I would have been standing right there and she probably would have cut me in half.”
It was when he returned from his walk that he noticed debris on his driveway and on his lawn. So he decided to go see what his surveillance camera captured…
And just for the reaction of astrophysicist Eric Lagadec, the video is worth the detour.
Incredible video to watch with sound: a meteorite falls in a garden in Canada!!
Look to the right![image or embed]
— Eric Lagadec (@ericlagadec.bsky.social) January 14, 2025 at 8:27 p.m.
We are far, very far even, from the one that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs, but it resembles, according to some researchers, the first video and audio recording of a meteorite crash.
Where did this meteorite come from?
When a friend of Joe Velaidum tells him that the object that crashed in his garden may be a meteorite, the Canadian begins to collect samples of the space rock so that they can be analyzed by scientists. specialists.
This is how Chris Herd, curator of the meteorite collection at the University of Alberta, was able to lay eyes on the rock which had traveled several million kilometers before crashing into Mr. Velaidum's home.
After analysis, the meteorite that crashed into the Canadian garden belongs to the category of chondrites, the most common type of meteorites in space. It was even possible to discover its origin.
“It comes from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, so it's come a long way.” explained Chris Herd to CBC News.
A rare phenomenon?
If capturing in sound and image the impact of a meteorite with the Earth is something very rare, the fact that one crashes into our planet is… not at all.
In fact, every day, several tons fall. A study published in the journal Geology April 29, 2020 even mentions that thousands of rocks crash onto Earth every year.
Of course, don't imagine that extraordinarily large meteorites fall every year. Quite simply because we wouldn't be here to talk about it. But if we are interested in the definition of what a meteorite is, namely a space rock that manages to cross the Earth's atmosphere and touch the ground of our planet, we can simply imagine very small pebbles which often end their course… in the Ocean or in uninhabited land areas.
Source : CBC News
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