Meteorite strike in Nicaragua
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A small meteorite hit the ground near Managua’s airport in Nicaragua on Saturday, creating a 39 foot wide crater.
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A small meteorite hit the ground near Managua’s airport in Nicaragua on Saturday, creating a 39 foot wide crater.
I am especially intrigued by the article’s suggestion that the meteorite may have been associated with asteroid 2014 AR. Since many asteroids are thought to consist of rubble, instead of being solid rock, then perhaps these asteroids have their own debris fields associated with them.
Although I mess up my time zones (so I stopped calling my friends in Europe), by my calculation, the 18:02 UT closest approach corresponds with Sunday noon in Nicaragua, so the meteorite would have landed about half a day ahead of the asteroid’s passage.
Well, this updates my comment:
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/questions-raised-about-nicaragua-meteorite-impact/
So much for speculation about debris fields around asteroids.