Was the boy who was hit by a meteorite from space in Germany injured?”
A 14 year old German boy is claiming he was hit by a meteorite. If true, this is quite a story! Let me be clear to start: it’s entirely possible that this story is in fact real, and the boy was struck by a meteorite. The odds of it happening are very low, but not zero (a woman in Sylacauga, Alabama was hit in 1954), and while it’s good to be skeptical of things like this, there’s no reason to automatically assume it’s baloney. However, the way the story is reported almost certainly has some of its facts wrong. First, the headline: “14-year-old hit by 30,000 mph space meteorite”. Bzzzzt! Wrong! If it had been moving that fast a direct hit would’ve killed him. That speed is about ten times faster than a rifle bullet, and had it actually hit him at that velocity a rock the size of a pea would’ve torn a hole through him the size of a basketball. Now, it’s possible the meteorite simply barely grazed him, but the article isn’t clear. Second, there’s no way it was moving that fast to begin wi
Gerrit Blank shows of the meteorite A 14-year-old boy from Germany has survived being hit by a meteorite from space travelling at 30,000mph. Gerrit Blank was walking to his school in Germany when the rock flew past, grazing his hand and leaving a smoking crater in the ground. Gerrit was left with just a small scar. Scientists are now studying the object which is the size of a pea. Hundreds of meteorites land on Earth every year but it’s INCREDIBLY rare for anyone to be hit by one. Try our Space Quiz The scar from the meteorite A scar shows where the meteorite hit Gerrit Most rocks heading towards the Earth burn up in the atmosphere. The one that hit Gerrit would have been a lot larger, but it would have crumbled into pieces before hitting the ground. Only one other person has survived a meteor strike. In 1954, a rock the size of a grapefruit crashed through the roof of a house in America. It bounced off furniture and landed on a sleeping woman.
A 14-year-old boy from Germany has survived being hit by a meteorite from space travelling at 30,000mph. Gerrit Blank was walking to his school in Germany when the rock flew past, grazing his hand and leaving a smoking crater in the ground. Gerrit was left with just a small scar. Scientists are now studying the object which is the size of a pea. Hundreds of meteorites land on Earth every year but it’s INCREDIBLY rare for anyone to be hit by one.
