PATNA: A celestial object, weighing more than 10 kg and having magnetic properties, landed in a village of this north Bihar district a couple of days ago, a senior official said on Wednesday.

The object was found in Mahadeva village under Laukahi police station area on Monday evening.

A group of farmers were working in the fields when they heard an unusually loud thud. When they looked around to find the source of the sound, they spotted the object lying in a hole - about five feet deep - that was dug into the ground by the impact of the fall.

The object which looks like a meteorite, weighs about 15 kg.

The villagers extracted the object with some effort and informed government officials who took it into their possession and it was, subsequently, placed in the custody of the district treasury, the DM said.

The magnetic properties of the object lead to the primary assumption that it’s a meteorite. A major chunk of the object is kept at a museum in Bihar. Bihar CM Nitish Kumar said that the object will be taken to Sri Krishna Science Centre for experiments.

However, only after expert study of the object a definitive conclusion can be assured.