10 Mar 2021

Meteorite chunk found in UK driveway

From Morning Report, 8:55 am on 10 March 2021

You don't expect to find a chunk of meteorite on your driveway.

Several incredibly rare pieces of this space rock have been found in Gloucestershire in the UK.

They were recovered after a fireball meteor lit up the night sky over the UK and Northern Europe 10 days ago.

Richard Greenwood is a planetary scientist from the Open University. He was the first person on the scene to identify the meteorite pieces.

He spoke to Corin Dann.