The Big Bang may have started the universe, but the big boom off the coast of Massachusetts has started a viral tsunami. A meteor exploded over the Cape Cod Bay causing a sonic boom that could be heard and felt from states away. “It was moving at 100 times the speed of sound when it exploded as a result of friction on air,” said Avi Loeb, a Harvard professor and an astrophysicist and theorist. Loeb said the meteor exploded at an altitude approaching 40 miles in the air. NASA says it was five feet in diameter and was traveling 42,000 miles per hour. “The explosion released 300 tons of a TNT equivalent amount of energy which amounts to 2% of the Hiroshima atomic bomb energy,” said Loeb.
NASA said meteorites landed in Cape Cod Bay, and radar data predominantly shows they ranged from 40g to multiple kilograms. Believe it or not, meteorite landings are common, but the odds of being struck by a fragment on land are slim. “Such explosions happen every couple of weeks on the entire earth,” Loeb said. “There’s an impact of a 1-meter scale rock every couple of weeks. Most of earth, 71%, is covered with oceans, so we don’t hear about it.” The Dolan family in Gloucester, Massachusetts is the exception. They spoke to WBZ last year, when an object struck the side of their home and shattered into pieces. The rocky material smelled of sulfur.
Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
Hebrews 12:14
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