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Crowds Flock to Ohio in Search of Meteorite Fragments After Fireball
The 7-ton meteorite is possibly a rare Eucrite, the first U.S. fall in over 20 years, attracting hunters and experts to Medina County, Ohio, after a March 17 sonic boom.
- NASA confirmed that a meteorite fell in Northeast Ohio, producing a sonic boom and a fireball seen across the region; the object was a 7-ton meteorite.
- Classifiers point out the specimen may be an Eucrite, a rare meteorite type in the U.S., last seen falling in 2004, and Vargas says the crust is glassy and lacks metal.
- Local experts checked up to 10 items per person, and Vargas reported finding a 12.2-gram fragment with a gleaming crust to local experts.
- Officials are urging respect for private property as crowds scour fields; the county sheriff's office received several trespassing calls, while local businesses saw steady traffic for food and supplies.
- With clear weather this past weekend, collectors and families spent hours combing fields, following NASA map guidance to recover fragments quickly and protect them from the elements.
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Meteorite hunters call Northeast Ohio's meteor historic
Meteorite hunters have rushed to Northeast Ohio, including Roberto Vargas, who traveled from Connecticut to find fragments of a meteor that hit Medina County on March 17th.On my first day I was looking from sunup to sundown, and I almost called it a day but decided to look in one more cul-de-sac. As I was walking around the cul de sac I looked to the ground and there was a little fragment. I found a 12.2-gram fragment, the crust was gleaming in …
Inside the tedious search for meteorites in northern Ohio
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Meteorite hunters are like storm chasers, only they aren’t looking skyward for potential funnel clouds -- they’re scouring the patch of Earth in front of them for tiny fragments of extraterrestrial rock.
·Cleveland, United States
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