has there been any cases of someone catching a falling star?

Answer 1

For three reasons it is very unlikely anybody catched a meteorite.
1. You must be very lucky to have one in your immediate vicinity.
2. A meteorite we be VERY hot.
3.It speed is more then the speed of a bullet. The impact into your hand is demolishing.
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Answer 2

Well, no, for a couple reasons. The first is that it's very hard to predict where one big enough to survive the trip through the atmosphere would reach ground-level. The second is that if anyone tried, their hand would have a nice big hole ripped through it, if not taking off the entire hand. Those things move faster than the speed of sound,, and even a small pebble would cause a lot of damage. Would you want to try catching a bullet from a gun?

Answer 3

yes. if a meteor happens to be the right size and lands in you back yard then you are the catcher. you don't have to have it physically land in your hand. if a nasa satellite falls from the sky and lands in your house then you are up the creek without a paddle. i hope that you are not thinking of actually catching a real star in your hands. that would be silly. there have been lots of cases that the meteor or space junk that we put up there has fallen on some guys farm. for some reason it is never in the news.

Answer 4

No. They aren't really "falling stars", they are small meteorites that are falling to earth and burning up in the atmosphere as they enter. That's what causes the glow. Most of them are very small in size and disentegrate upon entry into the atmosphere - so there's nothing left to catch.

Answer 5

A falling star is not really falling, it is actually just small particles of a meteor, comet, or asteroid burning up in the atmosphere. only the largest chunks hit earth, and those are too hard and hot to touch untill a few hours or so.

Answer 6

I saw a falling star but I don't hear of any one catching it. But, any thing is possible.

Answer 7

a falling star, would be a meteorite,traveling almost 2 miles a second .chances are not likely, but if your lucky to find one it could be worth thousands of dollars, good luck.

Answer 8

falling at terminal velocity, any very small object that managed to survive the atmosphere would be traveling way too fast to catch.

Answer 9

They are usually meteors. They have crashed into homes or cars with people in them. Since they are several hundred degrees when they hit, I doubt anyone would hold one for very long until it cooled.

Answer 10

If they actually "caught" a meteorite, I doubt somehoe that they would be able to talk about it afterward, or even likely that there would be anything left of them at all...