The Drive Smashed By A Meteor To Be Displayed In Museum

The paved driveway that became the landing zone of a meteorite in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire has been recovered and is set to be displayed in a major metropolitan museum.

The Natural History Museum in London announced the newest part of their display would include what they describe as possibly “the most famous driveway in the UK.”

The paving slab was the landing spot of the first meteorite to be recovered in the UK, complete with the black mark symbolising its exact landing point. It was protected after the incident with a covering board, and later a car.

The hole will be replaced with a plaque commissioned to immortalise the moment, claim the family whose driveway made history.

It will join a piece of the meteorite itself that was recovered by a team from the University of Glasgow led by Mira Ihasz and used to study the chemical composition of the universe.

How A Driveway Made History

In February 2021, a firey meteor streaked across the sky, and for the first time in 30 years, it appeared that its flight path would be over the UK, spilling chunks of meteorite in its wake.

The UK Fireball Alliance had six networks of cameras set up solely for events such as these and because of their technology, they could predict its landing to within 400 metres of its ultimate landing site, as well as working backwards to determine where the rock initially came from.

Because of the collective effort, many different pieces of the meteorite were recovered, including the piece recovered from the Winchcombe driveway, now a part of human history.

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