“Radar and other data indicate that meteorites did reach the ground from this event,” NASA said.
was seen above south Texas on Wednesday evening, based on preliminary reports of atmospheric fireballs from several sources., experts believe the meteoroid while floating through space was originally about two feet in diameter and weighed about 1,000 pounds before most of it burned up in the atmosphere.A meteorite is a solid piece of debris from an object that originates in outer space and passes through the atmosphere to reach the surface of a planet.
According to NASA, meteorites tend to hit Earth’s atmosphere at high speeds but break into small fragments before hitting the ground.The Smithsonian Institution and other scientific and academic institutions around the United States
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