The meteorite, which fell at 300 kilometers per hour on the balcony of a councilor's house, is one of three aerolites that hit Earth last week: on February 13 in France, on February 14 in Italy and on February 15 in Texas.
"The episode is part of a series of three events that took place on three successive days. This, counting that those registered since 1960 are about 40, is a truly exceptional event that will probably never be repeated," said Dario Barghin on Monday, expert from the University of Turin (north), in a press conference reported by the local media.
According to the researchers, the meteorite could be a chondrite from the main asteroid belt of the solar system, and the fact that several of its fragments fell into a house without touching terrestrial soil prevented them from being contaminated and, therefore, the study of its chemical and mineral composition will have even more value.
