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Aguas Zarcas meteorite crashes through a roof in Costa Rica

Name: Aguas Zarcas meteorite crashes through a roof in Costa Rica
Start: 2019-04-23
Location: Aguas Zarcas, Costa Rica

When: 23 Apr 2019
Where: Aguas Zarcas, Costa Rica
Sources: 1 public source

A fragment of the meteorite that fell on Aguas Zarcas, Costa Rica, in April 2019 Csavil, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A fireball at about 9:07 pm, recorded by Costa Rican seismological cameras, dropped stones on Aguas Zarcas. One piece punched a grapefruit-sized hole in a house roof and another hit a dog house; the stones were classified as a CM2 carbonaceous chondrite.

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OtherFall and classification of the Aguas Zarcas meteorite (opens in a new tab)Arizona State University Center for Meteorite Studies / 2019

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