New Times This is Meteor Falls in Housing

JAKARTA - Meteor that fell last week in Duren Sawit, Jakarta Timur, is the first hit residential areas. Previously it was always falling celestial body in the open.

Principal investigator of National Institute of Space and Aviationl or (Lapan) Thomas Djamaludin say, this incident sporadic meteors fall all at once prove that the meteor did not always fall in open areas, such as field or sea, as happened in Bone Sulawesi Selatan, Jimbaran Bali, and Pontianak Kalimantan Barat.

“Most of all this, a meteor fell in places unknown to humans, or in the open air as at sea, and so forth. For the meteor that fell in the settlement, This happens in the new times in Indonesia,” said Thomas while researching the location of the fall of meteors in Malaka Sari, Duren Sawit, Jakarta Timur, monday (3/5/2010).

He added that a space object there are huge numbers, but can not be predicted location or time of the fall. "A meteor that crashed in Duren Sawit is the sporadic meteors. So these sporadic meteor unpredictable when it will fall and in a location where the falls, "explained lead researcher of this astronomy and astrophysics.

Lapan had confimed, benda asing yang jatuh itu adalah meteor. Meski demikian meteor itu tidak berkaitan dengan hujan meteor yang akan terjadi pada Mei ini.


Space agency based in Bandung were down seven people including Thomas Djamaluddin, head of space science center utilization (LAPAN) Sri Kalokaprabotosari, researchers in the sun and outer space, Abdul Rahman, Head of Public Relations and Elly Kuntjahyowati Lapan. It also seems the team from National Police Headquarters, headed PUSLABFOR Head of Ballistics and Metallurgy Kombes Emery Kamri Pol.