Suspected Meteorite Crashes Into Rice Field in India

A suspected meteorite about the size of a football has crashed into a paddy field in a village in eastern India.
Suspected Meteorite Crashes Into Rice Field in India
Bihar Chief minister Nitish Kumar inspects a suspected meteorite brought to the Patna museum in Bihar, India, on July 24, 2019. STR/AFP/Getty Images
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A suspected meteorite about the size of a football has crashed into a paddy field in a village in eastern India.

The rock, which landed in Mahadeva village in Bihar, weighed nearly 13 kilograms and was found to have magnetic properties, the state’s Chief Minister’s office said in a statement.