On Saturday, a disintegrating meteor fell high over parts of the Indonesian island of Java, occurring alongside sonic booms easily heard on the ground. This small meteor likely had an iron-nickel composition, and has an interesting story to tell. However, in my opinion no meteorite fragments ever reached the ground due to the complete destruction of the meteor, so please don't search for any fragments as they do not exist from this July 11th 2026 event. If you would like to support this channel, consider using one of the following links: (Patreon: http://patreon.com/geologyhub) (YouTube membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYeGh5VML5XPr5jYnzh3J6g/join) (Gemstone & Mineral Etsy store: http://prospectingarizona.etsy.com) (GeologyHub Merch Etsy store: http://geologyhub.etsy.com) Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google & Data Providers This video is protected under "fair use". If you see an image and/or video which is your own in this video, and/or think my discussion of a scientific paper (and/or discussion/mentioning of the data/information within a scientific paper) does not fall under the fair use doctrine, and wish for it to be censored or removed, contact me by email at [email protected] and I will make the necessary changes. Various licenses used in sections of this video (not the entire video, this video as a whole does not completely fall under one of these licenses) and/or in this video's thumbnail image (and this list does not include every license used in this video and/or thumbnail image): Public Domain: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ CC BY 2.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode Sources/Citations: [1] NASA [2] Planetary Science [3] NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory 0:00 July 11 Meteor / Explosion 1:23 Meteor Colors 1:44 Iron Meteorites 2:08 Apparent Brightness 2:47 Event Rarity 3:28 Planetary Differentiation