The home’s resident said he is still finding pieces of space dust around his home from the hit.
The object, which has been named the McDonough meteorite, is the 27th to have been recovered from Georgia.
“This is something that used to be expected once every few decades and not multiple times within 20 years,” Harris said.
“Modern technology, in addition to an attentive public, is going to help us recover more and more meteorites.”
Harris is hoping to publish his findings on the composition and speed of the asteroid, which will help to understand the threat of further asteroids.
“One day there will be an opportunity, and we never know when it’s going to be, for something large to hit and create a catastrophic situation. If we can guard against that, we want to,” he said.