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Montreal mystery meteoroid explained by Chris Hadfield

Retired astronaut Chris Hadfield was in CBC Montreal's studios Wednesday to talk about his new book, An Astronaut's Guide To Life On Earth and the meteoroid that reportedly hit Montreal last night.

Retired astronaut Hadfield says his spaceship often got hit with small meteorites

Chris Hadfield explains Montreal meteor

11 years ago
Duration 1:39
Former astronaut talks about the bang heard across Montreal

Watch CBC Montreal news at 5:45 p.m. ET for more of Andrew Chang's interview with Chris Hadfield

Retired astronaut Chris Hadfield was in CBC Montreal's studios Wednesday to talk about his new book, An Astronaut's Guide To Life On Earth and the meteorite that reportedly hit Montreal last night.

He says it's not actually all that uncommon that meteorites hit the Earth it's just that they normally fall in the ocean or in uninhabited areas.

Watch the video above for more on meteorson Earth and in space.