A meteorite fell on an Indonesian house. Its owner became a millionaire

An Indonesian man became a millionaire after a meteorite fell on the roof of his house. Joshua, 33

Hutagalung, an undertaker from the city of Sumatra, becamemuch richer after selling a meteorite for more than $1.3 million. Jesus Hutagalung noted that he was working on the grounds of his house when the space object, weighing 2.1 kg, crashed onto the tin roof of his veranda.

“The sound was so loud that the whole house was shaking. And after searching, I saw that even the roof of the house was broken. When I picked up the meteorite, it was still warm, ”said the owner of the house.

According to the Independent, this meteorite is a carbonaceous chondrite, estimated at 4.5 billion years old. According to media reports, it costs $ 853 per gram.

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For a man unexpectedly falling from the skyreceived an amount equivalent to the undertaker's 30-year earnings. He plans to spend part of the proceeds from the sale on building the church. “I also always dreamed of a daughter. I hope this is a sign that soon I will be lucky enough to have a daughter, ”he said.

Previously, in a meteorite that fell onUSA, found extraterrestrial organic compounds and ancient minerals. An article describing the work of scientists was published by the scientific journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science.

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