A suspected meteorite about the size of a football has crashed into a paddy field in a village in eastern India
The rock, which landed in Mahadeva village in Bihar, weighed nearly 13 kilograms and was found to have magnetic properties, the state's Chief Minister's office said in a statement. Images show villagers standing around a huge muddy crater believed to have been caused by the object.
— Nitish Kumar July 24, 2019 Though they can look like a normal rock, meteorites are often heavier and have a burned exterior which can appear shiny -- they also have magnetic content.Read More"Meteorites are of great interest to researchers as studying them helps us to understand the formation and evolution of the solar system," Steven Ehlert at NASA's Meteroid Office recently told CNN.
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