Hebei Renqiu News Hail
On June 14, "Tianbing" smashed the roof of a villager in Renqiu, Cangzhou
Hebei Youth News (Reporter Ren Li) At around 5:00 on June 14, a huge piece of "Hail" fell from the sky and smashed a large hole in the roof of a villager's house in Dongligezhuang Village, Beixinzhuang Township, Renqiu City, Cangzhou. The local meteorological department said the sudden huge hailstones must have nothing to do with the weather.
Coincidentally, at about 8:40 on June 5, three huge "hailstones" suddenly fell in Bodong Village, Poluonuo Town, Fengning Manchu Autonomous County, Chengde City, and the clear sky at that time had no trace of clouds.
What kind of material are these "sky ices"? Are they meteoric ice? In just ten days, the "sky ice" phenomenon occurred twice in Hebei area. What is the reason? At present, the "Tianbing" discovered in Fengning Manchu Autonomous County has been sampled by experts from the Beijing Observatory and is undergoing analysis and research. The appearance of "Sky Ice" in Renqiu City has also attracted the attention of the Beijing Planetarium. Yesterday afternoon, several experts including Zhang Baolin, a meteorite expert from the Beijing Planetarium, rushed to Renqiu City to take samples.
A "Sky Ice Storm" broke out in the early morning and smashed the roofs of villagers
At about 5 o'clock on June 14, the wife of Mr. Liu, a villager in Dongligezhuang Village, Beixinzhuang Township, Renqiu City, was While sleeping, I was suddenly awakened by a loud "bang". "It felt like the whole house was shaking." Mr. Liu's wife said that she thought there was an earthquake and ran out of the house quickly. After discovering that there was nothing unusual, she returned to the house puzzled.
After a while, Mr. Liu’s wife was attracted again by the louder voices outside. "When I walked out of the house, I saw villagers standing on the roofs of the neighbors around my house. They were looking at the roof of my house and pointing." Mr. Liu's wife said that she only found out after asking the villagers who were watching that the huge There was a movement, and the neighboring houses were shaking. Everyone thought there was an earthquake, so they ran out of the house.
After discovering that it was not an earthquake, some villagers said that the loud noise came from the roof of Mr. Liu’s house, so many villagers climbed up to the roof of their houses to look at the roof of Mr. Liu’s house. Villager Liu Dongsheng said that they stood on the roof and saw that the satellite antenna on the roof of Mr. Liu's house had been severely deformed. More than a dozen bricks that fixed the satellite antenna were broken into pieces, and there were a lot of ice cubes scattered around.
Mr. Liu’s wife quickly climbed up to the roof to take a look. The roof of her home had been smashed by huge ice blocks, creating a large hole about 50 centimeters in diameter, and the deepest part in the middle was six to seven centimeters.
According to many villagers, there was no wind, it was not cloudy, and the sun had not yet come out. The sudden appearance of large hailstones puzzled them. On the same day, Mr. Liu, who rushed back after hearing the news, felt that the incident was strange and quickly reported the situation to the local meteorological department.
Yesterday, some villagers recalled to reporters that they heard a "buzzing" sound before "Tianbing" landed.
The meteorological department's "Tianbing" has nothing to do with the weather
Peng Jiewen, deputy director of the Renqiu Meteorological Bureau, told reporters that they rushed to Mr. Liu's house around 7:00 on the 14th. Peng Jiewen said that after their on-site inspection, they initially determined that the sudden appearance of huge hail had nothing to do with the weather.
For further verification, Director Peng rushed back to the Meteorological Bureau and specifically checked the satellite cloud images and radar images. He said that there were no hail clouds or convective clouds on the satellite cloud images, and there were no signs of it from the radar callbacks. "It only rained around 1 o'clock, but the time was very short and the rainfall was not heavy." Director Peng said that if it was hail, it should not be one piece, but a large number, and it should be everywhere around the village.
Director Peng said that based on the on-site investigation and inspection of meteorological equipment, the sudden appearance of huge hail at Mr. Liu’s house must have nothing to do with the weather, but the specific cause cannot be explained by the meteorological department and other relevant information is needed. Departments such as planetariums etc. conduct surveys.
According to Mr. Liu, this piece of "Tianbing" is spherical in shape, with a diameter of about 90 centimeters, and an incalculable weight. The color is white, not very transparent and a bit dirty. "There is no smell. As for the taste, no one dares to taste it yet." Mr. Liu told reporters that in order to find out, he kept two fist-sized pieces of "Technol" in the refrigerator.
Coincidentally, "Tianbing" also fell in Fengning 9 days ago
Nine days ago, villagers from Bodong Village and Dongligezhuang Village, Poluonuo Town, Fengning Manchu Autonomous County, Chengde City There is the same doubt - "Tianbing" also appears there, and there are three pieces.
It is understood that around 8:40 on June 5, Yang Xiuqin, a villager in Bodong Village, was working in the cornfield by the Mangniu River when he suddenly heard a strange "woo-woo" sound in the sky. Yang Xiuqin looked up and saw a white object with a sound falling from the clear sky. It fell into the woods about 300 meters away with a "bang". After a while, Yang Xiuqin saw two white objects falling from the sky and hitting the river beach and cornfield about 200 meters away. Yang Xiuqin and the villagers who came after hearing the news found three pieces of fallen "ice" in the woods by the river and in the nearby cornfields. They saw that the "ice" was scattered about 200 meters apart from each other. The smallest piece The diameter was about 30 centimeters, and the two largest pieces made a large pit more than 20 centimeters deep and about 75 centimeters in diameter.
Fengning Manchu Autonomous County Meteorological Director Wu Xiaojun confirmed that from 8 to 9 a.m. on June 5, satellite cloud images and radar images showed that there were no clouds within a few hundred kilometers of the area at that time, and the sky was clear. .
After Zhang Baolin, a meteorite expert at the Beijing Planetarium, learned that "Tianbing" appeared in Fengning, he immediately rushed to the site to investigate and brought 500 grams of samples back to Beijing for testing.
Latest developments Experts went to Renqiu yesterday to take samples
What is the "sky ice" that appeared in Fengning and Renqiu? Is it meteorite? If the same meteorite appears twice in ten days in Hebei, what is the reason? With these questions, yesterday, the reporter contacted Zhang Baolin, a meteorite expert at the Beijing Planetarium. According to him, the "TechnoAlpin" samples taken by Fengning are still being tested and it is not convenient to publish them. At the same time, he said that the possibility of icefall cannot be ruled out.
As for the "sky ice" that appeared in Renqiu, Zhang Baolin said after understanding the situation that he initially suspected it was meteorite ice. Regarding the two consecutive suspected meteorite phenomena in Hebei, Zhang Baolin said that it is currently unexplainable and requires further research.
Yesterday afternoon, three experts including Zhang Baolin rushed to Renqiu to take samples. Zhang Baolin said that if it were meteorite, it would be of great research value.
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Meteoric ice
Meteoric ice, like meteorites, is "attracted" by the earth's gravity before changing its orbit and landing. However, due to the high temperature burning of the atmosphere, only a very small amount of "extraterrestrial ice" will come to the world, and only a few dozen cases of meteorite ice have been discovered so far. Therefore, meteorite ice is very precious and is of great significance for studying the formation and evolution of the earth's atmosphere and hydrosphere, the formation of celestial bodies in the solar system, and the origin of life.