Description
0.13g fragment + fragment of the roof where the meteorite fell. Sold with label/certificate.
The latest meteorite fall in India, and it’s a hammerstone !
Kopargaon is the provisional name of this fall.
The Indian subcontinent has an exceptional record of meteorite falls (>700 reported falls and finds), since the first report in Jalandhar, Punjab, way back in 1621 (Meteoritical Bulletin Database). In the
morning, around 6:50 am IST on 24 January 2023, a meteorite fell piercing through the roof of a resident of Bhojade Chauki in Kopargaon Taluka, Ahmednagar district, Maharastra (Figure 1). It pierced through the flat metal roof of the house, shattered into several fragments upon hitting the floor of the bedroom, and left an impact scar of ~2 inches in diameter. The total accumulated mass of the fragments was about ~1 kg. The villagers panicked after witnessing this unusual event. A neighbour and eyewitness mentioned that he saw some bright objects falling from the sky at a distance accompanied by a hissing sound. Additionally, the police inspector of Kopargaon Taluka also shared information that while someone exercising on the banks of River Godavari, had seen a fireball trail in the sky. Collating all these facts, it appears that the meteorite fireball probably travelled towards Bhojade village from the west. Later, the police personnel of Kopargaon Taluka Police Station visited the site of the fall and collected fragments of the possible meteorite specimens. Finally, the specimens were sealed in a box and handed over to the Tehsildar’s Office in Kopargaon.
