Rock fell from the sky, narrowly saved the family

Rock fell from the sky, narrowly saved the family

A rock fell on a house in New Jersey. If this rock had fallen on any member of the family, it would have proved fatal. Luckily the untoward incident was averted. The incident took place three days back in New Jersey. A huge meteorite fell into a house. Family members were present in the house during the incident.

Scientists consider Eta Aquarid to be part of meteor shower

In fact, this incident is going to warn the scientists about the troubles coming from the sky. Scientists believe a space rock that fell into a home in Hopewell Township, New Jersey, is part of the ongoing Eta Aquarid meteor shower.

Metal rock

Scientist believe that this meteorite is of some metallic substance. Whose length is about 6 inches and width is 4 inches. The incident happened at 1:00 pm local time. Fortunately this metal stone did not fall on any person, otherwise it could have been fatal. However, scientists have started investigating this celestial phenomenon. Now the question arises that telescopes and many other types of equipment have been installed all over the world to deal with the threats coming from the sky. Despite that this body fell.

Small bodies fall to the ground

Sometimes the rocks of space do not burn completely even after touching the earth’s atmosphere and fall on the earth, which also fall in populated areas. A similar incident took place in October 2021, when a 1.3 kg meteorite fell on top of a house in Canada. The incident resulted in the death of one person. Earlier in 2013 also a gruesome incident took place in Russia. In this event, the enlarged body collided with the populated area of Russia. About one and a half thousand people were badly injured in this incident and hundreds of houses were damaged.

Will have to find ways to avoid small bodies

Astronomer Dr. Shashibhushan Pandey of Aryabhatta Observational Science Research Institute ARIES says that the celestial rocks wandering fearlessly in space are the biggest enemies of the Earth. They are constantly monitored by scientists. Despite this, they throw dust in their eyes and hit the ground. The good thing is that large rocks coming towards the Earth are observed, but only very small objects hit the Earth. It has become necessary that measures for protection from small bodies will also have to be found.

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Source and photo: Earth Sky.