Winchcombe meteorite

Images of the meteoroid falling to Earth were captured by six camera networks of the UK Fireball Alliance, which is led by the Natural History Museum, as well as on the doorbell cameras of private dwellings. There were also over 1,000 eyewitness reports from the UK and elsewhere in Northern Europe, as well as a sonic boom heard in the local area. These observations allowed its trajectory to be reconstructed. A public appeal was issued for fragments. ==Recovery==

Subsequently, the Wilcock family found a pile of dark stones and powder on the driveway of their home in Winchcombe. In total of material was collected from their driveway and lawn. In the following days further fragments were found nearby, including the largest single stone from the meteorite found on farmland and weighing , but this split in two during recovery. Pieces of the Winchcombe meteorite are now part of a display in the Winchcombe Museum, which tells the story of its origins, unexpected arrival and its scientific significance. ==Composition and classification==

The meteorite is thought to be a carbonaceous chondrite, the first collected on impact in Britain. The fragment did not experience rainfall and was placed in a protected environment within 12 hours of falling to Earth, meaning that the quality of the sample is comparable to those retrieved by probes from asteroids It is of a similar type to that retrieved by the Hayabusa2 mission from the asteroid 162173 Ryugu. ==References==