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by kuxv 1298 days ago
To me the spookiest thing is it landing on someone's head.
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"The meteorite broke up over Kentucky and passed over West Virginia and Pennsylvania on its north-northeast trajectory before striking a parked 1980 red Chevy Malibu at approximately 7:50 pm EDT. After traveling through space at a cosmic velocity of 8.8 miles per second (14 km/s, 31,600 miles per hour), the speed of the meteorite at impact had slowed to 164 miles per hour (264 km/h)."

Tough luck if you're commuting on the wrong day.

The meteorite was worth way more than the price of a new Malibu. And the Malibu itself sold at auction for way more, too. So, hope every day to have your car struck by a meteorite.
It's too bad the meteorite didn't do a lot more damage to the car: that car is really ugly.
Sometimes I happen to sit in my car, so no, I do not hope for a meteorite strike on my car, wishes have a tendency to be fullfilled at the wrong time.
If that happens, it will spark the creation of a new ICD-10 code, probably somewhere under W20.8 "Stuck by object falling from..." space.
There are quite a few space-related ICD codes (V95.4 and child codes - Spacecraft accident injuring occupant), due to NASA

But my favorite ICD code is V97.33XD - Sucked into jet engine, subsequent encounter.

Like that happens more than once...