Seymchan meteorite fallen and smashed in 1967 in Russia.
A meteorite is the part of a meteoroid that strikes the earth after falling through the atmosphere from space. During the journey through the atmosphere, the material is strongly braked and very hot; this can be seen as a meteor. A meteorite is essentially debris from space. On the basis of the composition of meteorites it can sometimes be determined what the origin is. More than twenty have been found from the moon.