Fri, November 28, 2008
OTTAWA, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- Canadian scientists said Friday they have found fragments from the 10-ton space rock that fell in western Canada last week.
The bright, colorful rock caused a late-night light show as it fell near the Alberta-Saskatchewan border. Thousands of local residents witnessed the scene and videos and cameras recorded it.
Planetary scientist Alan Hildebrand and graduate student Ellen Milley from University of Alberta said they found meteorite fragments in a rural area near the border town of Lloydminster, Alberta, late Thursday.
They are currently searching the area to collect additional fragments, which they believe are strewn across a 20-square-kilometer area.
They reportedly found the 10 fragments on a frozen pond, the biggest being a fist-sized meteorite. They believe there may be thousands of fragments on the ground.
Canada's largest meteorite shower took place in Alberta, when more than 700 fragments were recovered in 1960.
