Megacryometeor

A megacryometeor is a very large chunk of ice, weighing at least 10 kg , that are sometimes called huge hailstones , but don't have toform in thunderstorms .

Size

More than 50 megacryometeors have been recorded since the year 2000 . They vary in sizebetween 10 kg to over 200 kg. One was measured in Brazil as 220 kg.

What are they?

They are sometimes confused as meteors , because they can leave impact craters. Thedifference between a megacryometeor and a hailstone is not clearly defined,mostly because the process that creates megacryometeors is not fully understood, but they have been recorded falling out of aclear sky on a hot summer day. They are also not made from air-plane toilets or exhaust streams. All analysis of the ice shows itmatches normal rain for the region it fell on.