The 55-feet-wide space rock is hurtling through space at a zippy 17,717 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

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The meteorite is roughly 4.56 billion years old, and experts believe it’s a chip off an asteroid from the belt between Mars ...

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The space rock likely originated in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and can be traced to the breakup of a much larger asteroid around 470 million years ago.

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Scientists have now identified the 'mysterious extraterrestrial visitor' that blazed across the sky in broad daylight, causing panic in several states and damaging one man's home.

Researchers at the University of Georgia said McDonough Meteorite sounded like a "close-range gunshot" upon its landing.

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"This particular meteor that entered the atmosphere has a long history before it made it to the ground of McDonough".