Scientists study whether meteorite killed man in south India
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Scientists are analyzing a small blue rock that plummeted from the sky and killed a man in southern India to determine if it is a meteorite.
The rock slammed into the ground at an engineering college over the weekend, shattering a water cooler and sending splinters and shards flying. Police say a bus driver standing nearby died after being hit by the debris.
College principal G. Bhaskar said he heard a loud thud from his office, where several window panes shattered when the rock hit the ground.
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Tamil Nadu officials declared the bluish rock, small enough to hold in the hand, to be a meteorite. Indian Institute of Astrophysics scientists were examining the site, near Vellore city, and conducting a chemical analysis to determine whether the rock came from space.