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EXCERPTS: A dog house struck by a meteorite was sold at auction for £32,000 on Wednesday as space artifacts including a meteorite fragment discovered in a quiet Cotswolds market town and a slice of the moon went under the hammer.

The wood-and-tin kennel, formerly belonging to Roky the German shepherd, was struck by a meteorite in the city of Aguas Zarcas, Costa Rica in April 2019 during a meteor shower. Roky “experienced quite a fright” but was unharmed when the meteorite hit, the auctioneer said.

[...] a fragment of a meteorite discovered last February in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, attracted a winning bid of £9,300. The space rocks were discovered by the Wilcock family in their driveway after locals reported seeing a “bright fireball” blaze across the sky and hit the ground... (MORE - missing details)

Video below was made a few days before the auction ... https://youtu.be/2lmMxss0CYA