A scientist says fragments of a meteorite that punched through a Georgia homeowner’s roof after blazing across the sky in a fiery streak is older than the Earth itself. University of Georgia geologist Scott Harris said in a press release Friday that he concluded the meteorite fragments are 4.56 billion years old and came from an asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. People in several Southern states reported seeing the mysterious fireball in broad daylight on June 26. Harris says the meteor was traveling faster than the speed of sound when it approached Earth’s surface. The university received 23 grams from a piece the size of cherry tomato that shot like a bullet through a roof outside Atlanta.
A fiery meteor that punched through a Georgia home’s roof is older than Earth, a scientist says
