Meteorite: 10-ton Rock Responsible For Fireball In Western Canada


Investigation of the fireball that lit up the skies of Alberta and Saskatchewan on November 20 has determined that an asteroid fragment weighing approximately 10 tonnes entered the Earth's atmosphere over the prairie provinces last Thursday evening. And University of Calgary researcher Alan Hildebrand has outlined a region in western Saskatchewan where chunks of the desk-sized space rock are expected to be found.


Full article on ScienceDaily

UPDATE: Fragments of canadian fireball found

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