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🇩🇪 In Koblenz, a fragment of a #meteorite ☄️ tore a football-sized hole in the roof of a residential building. The rock fragment reportedly hit the roof first and then crashed into the bedroom.

On April 25, 2023, a particularly large meteorite fell near Elmshorn in Schleswig-Holstein; the largest fragment weighed more than 3.7 kg

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The #meteorite ☄️ crashed through the roof of a two-story house. It hit the floor in a bedroom, where it ricocheted and struck another part of the ceiling https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/us/meteorite-crash-texas-home.html

#AsteroidThreat #Houston

Meteorite Crashes Through Roof of House Near Houston

No one was injured, but a woman was startled on Saturday when a meteorite pierced the roof of her home, ricocheted off the floor and struck a bedroom ceiling.

The New York Times
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The fireball was produced by an #asteroid ☄️ nearly 6 feet in diameter and weighing about 7 tons. The fragments turned to #meteorites in the vicinity of Medina County, #Ohio https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/us/ohio-cleveland-meteor.html
A Meteor Streaks Across the U.S. and Rattles Ohio With an Explosive Boom

NASA confirmed that the loud boom heard and felt by people in northern Ohio was indeed caused by a meteor.

The New York Times