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Winchcombe fireball drops a rare meteorite on a driveway

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The Winchcombe meteorite on display
The Winchcombe meteorite at London's Natural History Museum Matt Brown, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A fireball seen across the UK at about 9:54 pm was recorded by fireball networks and residents' dashboard and doorbell cameras. The tracked path led to fragments on a Winchcombe driveway, the first carbonaceous chondrite found in the UK and the first UK meteorite fall recovered in 30 years.

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  1. OfficialFrom field to Vault, how the largest Winchcombe meteorite was foundNatural History Museum, London / 2021-09
  2. OtherRare meteorite recovered in UK after spectacular fireballUniversity of Manchester / 2021-03
  3. OtherExtremely rare fireball meteorite found: First of its kind ever recovered in UKImperial College London / 2021-03

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