美國天降「火球」直穿民宅屋頂,專家鑑定揭係45.6億年隕石碎片,比地球更古老。
A fireball, or a bright meteorite, was seen across the southeastern United States on Thursday and later exploded over Georgia, creating booms heard by residents in the area, according to NASA.
The American Meteor Society said it received more than 160 reports of a fireball… pic.twitter.com/c7yBQjAQan</a ></p >— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 27, 2025</a >
隕石碎片擊穿民宅屋頂留坑洞
綜合外媒報導,美國喬治亞州上空驚現「火球」劃破夜空,專家經分析確認是隕石碎片。事發於去年6月26日,隕石碎片墜落在亞特蘭大(Atlanta)附近,不僅擊穿當地一間民宅屋頂,更貫穿通風管道、絕緣材料及天花板,最終在地板上留下約1.5釐米深的撞擊坑洞。
🚨#BREAKING</a >: A geologist says a meteorite fragment that smashed through a man’s roof in Henry County, Georgia, is actually older than Earth itself. pic.twitter.com/KVxETJ3Mop</a ></p >— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) August 9, 2025</a >
碎片源自小行星帶 超音速墜地威力驚人
經喬治亞大學地質學教授哈里斯(Scott Harris)指出,這塊隕石碎片源自火星與木星之間的小行星帶,進入大氣層時短暫突破音障,以超音速飛行,令不少民眾目睹「火球」一幕。由於撞擊力強,導致部分碎片完全粉碎,「就像有人拿大錘子敲過一樣。」
@2pac.thareal A fireball or a bright meteorite was seen across the southeastern United States on Thursday and later exploded over Georgia creating booms heard by residents in the area according to NASA The American Meteor Society said it received more than 160 reports of a fireball sighting from observers in Georgia and South Carolina at 1225 pm ET The meteor was first seen at an altitude of 48 miles above the town of Oxford Georgia moving southwest at 30000 miles per hour said Bill Cooke a lead at NASAs Meteoroid Environment Office
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比地球更古老 隕石逾45億年歷史
哈里斯鑑定後發現,這塊來自太空的岩石歷史可追溯至45.6億年前,「可追溯到45.6億年前形成的原始材料」,略早於各大行星形成之前,比地球年齡還要早2000萬年。
美國上空現「火球」劃破天際,專家鑑定為45.6億年隕石碎片。影片截圖
科學家倡研防撞技術 動能撞擊器或成關鍵
哈里斯指出,雖然這種小型隕石不足以構成威脅,但科學家仍希望藉此研究隕石動力學,評估未來潛在的撞擊風險,並開發避免碰撞的技術,例如利用動能撞擊器令小行星稍微偏移,「如果你能夠移動一顆朝著我們飛來的小行星,而且移動得夠多,就能讓它避開我們所有人」。
美國上空現「火球」劃破天際,專家鑑定為45.6億年隕石碎片。影片截圖