It's a Meteroid

After spending some time outside playing in the tree line with the neighbor Mark, Evan ran inside today exclaiming, "Mom! We found a meteroid! I need my space books to look at the pictures to make sure." Up to his room he ran and a few minutes later he returned with his "Solar System Book." He and Mark, after looking at the pictures, verified it was a meteroid.

Just as the sun was setting Evan persuaded me to take a look. We tromped through the trees, crossed the golf course, and walked the golf cart path for what seemed a really long time. Along the way we discussed various characteristics of the planets. (Evan can tell you which planets are rocky, which are made of gas, and why Pluto is no longer a planet. For some reason, he is fascinated with space.) Finally, Evan said, "This is it!"

A part of the path in the backyard has been washed out by water running off the path. The path of the water left a rather big gully that looked just like the picture of the Barringer Crater formed in Arizona by a meteorite many years ago. Evan assumed that the hole in our backyard was formed by a meteorite since the shapes were similar. Surprisingly he didn't seem too upset when I told him water was the likely culprit.