Sightings2020

Kolang meteorite crashes through a roof in North Sumatra

When: 1 Aug 2020
Where: Kolang, Indonesia
Sources: 2 public sources

A piece of the Kolang meteorite that fell in North Sumatra in August 2020 Ahmad Fairuz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

After loud booms over Central Tapanuli, a stone of over 2 kg punched through the roof of coffin maker Josua Hutagalung's house in Kolang, with more fragments found nearby. Arizona State University classified it as a rare carbonaceous (CM) meteorite.

Sources

PressHe Sold a Meteorite That Hit His Home. Then Things Got Weird. (opens in a new tab)VICE World News (Tonggo Simangunsong) / 2020-12-16
OtherClassification of the Kolang Meteorite (opens in a new tab)Arizona State University, Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies / 2021-10-07

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