According to expert Chris Herd, it's an "ordinary chondrite," the most common kind of meteoriteHave you ever wondered what a meteorite hitting Earth sounds like?Last July, Joe Velaidum and Laura Kelly,
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.
A home security camera captured the rare event. The homeowner narrowly escaped getting hit. “It probably would’ve ripped me in half.”
An expert says the meteorite would have been traveling about 124 miles per hour when it smashed into the walkway.
A couple returned home to a burst of debris on their walkway. Their home security camera revealed it was a meteorite hitting Earth.
‘No other meteorite fall has been documented like ... It’s from the asteroid belt… between Mars and Jupiter, so it’s come a long way.’
In the far east of Canada, a meteorite hitting the earth's surface has been captured in sound and image for the first time. This was made public by the University of Alberta, where the remains of ...
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
The space rock—recorded with visuals and sound—landed where the homeowner had been standing just minutes earlier
The meteorite landed in Prince Edward Island, caught with visual and sound on camera, and narrowly missing the cameras owner
While cameras have captured meteors streaking across the sky, capturing the sound of a complete meteorite strike on video is extremely rare.