[Rockhounds] Canada fireball meteorites found

[Alan Goldstein]

Some follow-up...
Alan G.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27957351/

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Searchers have found the remains of a 10-ton 
meteor that produced a dramatic fireball in the skies over the Canadian 
Prairies in November, researchers said on Friday.

Thousands of meteorite fragments have been found densely strewn over an 
eight-square-mile area south of the community of Lloydminster on the 
Alberta-Saskatchewan border, according to the University of Calgary.

Searchers have been scrambling to find the remains of the meteor since it 
streaked across the sky in the early evening of Nov. 20, producing a 
fireball that shone brightly enough to be seen over an area 435 miles wide.

University of Calgary planetary scientist Alan Hildebrand had called it one 
of the largest meteors visible in the country in the last decade.

"It would be something like a billion-watt light bulb," said Hildebrand, who 
also coordinates meteor sightings with the Canadian Space Agency.

Widely broadcast video images showed what appeared to be a speeding fireball 
over Saskatoon that became larger and brighter before disappearing as it 
neared the ground.