A North Georgia meuseum is currently studying the meteorite that fell to Earth last week, and was seen by many eyewitnesses during the daytime hours.
The Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville says a fragment of the meteor was brought to them via the Meteorite Association of Georgia through a meteorite hunter. Karisa Zdanky is an astronomy program manager and told Atlanta News First that meteorites are not uncommon, saying, "One during the day that is so big that so many people are actually able to see it, is so rare".
The piece of the three-foot meteor that broke up in the skies over Newton County is referred to as a stony meteorite. That meteorite is believed to be billions of years old and is also the 29th meteorite to fall in Georgia.
