Meteorite strikes French woman.

A meteorite fragment fell through a roof and struck a woman in the ribs in Schirmeck province.

Fragments of a meteorite fell in Schirmeck. Photo: DNA

A woman in France was recently struck in the ribs by a small meteorite fragment while having coffee with a friend on a terrace, Newsweek reported on July 14. This is an extremely rare event.

"I heard a loud noise coming from the roof next door. The very next second, I felt a thud in my ribs. I thought it was some kind of animal, like a bat. At first, we thought it was a piece of cement. But it was colorless," the unnamed woman recounted.

Following the accident, the French woman, who lives in the northeastern province of Schirmeck, took the object to a roofer for examination. The roofer told her it wasn't cement but looked like a meteorite. She then handed the mysterious object over to geologist Thierry Rebmann. According to Rebmann, the rock appears to contain a mixture of iron and silicon, most likely a meteorite. The fragments together weigh nearly 113 grams.

Meteorites are rocky objects that remain after a journey through Earth's atmosphere and fall to the ground. They vary in size, from tiny specks of dust to small asteroids. Meteorites originate from larger objects, primarily asteroids, but also from moons and other planets like Mars. They can be rocky, metallic, or a combination of both.

Most meteorites disintegrate completely as they hurtle through Earth's atmosphere at speeds of tens of thousands of kilometers per hour. A very small percentage fall to Earth. According to NASA, an estimated nearly 50 tons of meteorite material fall to Earth every day. But most are very small and fall into the oceans, which cover 70% of the planet's surface. Once they fall to the ground, it's difficult to distinguish meteorites from ordinary rocks by their shape alone. In some places, such as sandy deserts or ice, meteorites are easier to detect.

The first known case of a meteorite striking a person directly occurred in the United States nearly 70 years ago. In the November 1954 incident, Ann Hodges of Sylacauga, Alabama, was struck by a 3.6 kg meteorite that fell through her roof. The accident left Ms. Hodges with bruises.

An Khang (According to Newsweek )

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