A fireball that blazed through the skies over Papua
New Guinea in 2014 was actually a fast-moving object from another star
system, according to a recent memo released by the
U.S. Space Command (USSC).
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By Brandon Specktor
.livescience.com
4-11-22
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The object, a small meteorite measuring just 1.5 feet (0.45 meter) across,
slammed into Earth's atmosphere on Jan. 8, 2014, after traveling through space
at more than 130,000 mph (210,000 km/h) — a speed that far exceeds the average
velocity of meteors that orbit within the solar system, according to a 2019
study of the object published in the preprint database arXiv.
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