If it was as big as a house when it hit, it would have left a somewhat larger crater.
“BLAM!” (LOL!)
Coincidentally, an elderly couple living near the impact crater have reportedly just adopted a baby boy, but remain tight-lipped about the adoption process.
That was the spot that Jamie from MythBusters landed on. he is on vacation in the country.
So if this happened on my property, would the goobermint come in and claim the meteorite?
OK, of course they would.
I’d like something stronger than “Nicaraguan authorities” before accepting that any bit of a tracked 60 foot asteroid was 25000 miles of course. There are lots of other meteors up there. For that matter are we sure this wasn’t one of Obama’s friends herding new voters his way.
One thing that worries scientists is a small meteor—maybe 15-20 feet wide—that survives most of the entry into the Earth’s atmosphere then suddenly explodes a few thousand feet above the ground. Such an explosion could result in a blast with the equivalent explosive yield of several thousand tons of TNT and could cause tremendous damage in the unlikely chance it explodes of a city.
this is the beginning of many a zombie movie.