Not a bug, since meteors do NOT have fixed spawn-points. They fall in groups with a slightly randomized angle and they actually trace to the surface as they fall and create the harvestable meteor node.
So there’s no permanent spawnpoint for them, they could end up anywhere in that area.

And like others have suggested explosive jars are only one (the most expensive) potential way of opening them… any explosive damage from anything will do… so demonfire orbs… explosive arrows… etc. and those don’t require placement.