Meteorite crash filmed on camera

Taurothar said:
As if Detroit would notice another dead body...
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Actually since the temperatures have dipped below freezing we would. We're all on frozen bum watch.
 
Sabs and I live in the same community so I saw the thing myself. I heard on the news tonight that scientists Estimate that it was about 10tonnes, and it fragmented before it hit the ground, pieces were found from just north of Edmonton to about 300KM east of the Saskatchewan boarder.
Bigmofucka
 
All you gosh-darn canadians and yer hockey...

Good thing no Coyote fans migrate north for the winter, t'would be a sad day if one of ours died.
 
I've seen alot of shooting stars, some much much brighter than others, but none that fuckin bright. Whoever finds that thing is gonna be one rich motherfucker(unless it really did land in Africa, then they'll just be a black dude with a rock). Meteorites sell for anywhere from $100 to $50,000+, depending on the size/type of material. I found an iron meteorite once and because I recognized it and knew what it was(most people would think it was just a rock, that's why I'm better than most people), I sold it to a university for $300. Iron is the most common though =/
 
inb4 body snatchers invade Canada
 
exodusamphi said:
All you gosh-darn canadians and yer hockey...

Good thing no Coyote fans migrate north for the winter, t'would be a sad day if one of ours died.
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Heh, got a friend who used to live up here who's now down in Phoenix. More Flames fans than Coyote fans. Though, granted, hasn't been much to cheer for if you're a Phoenix fan.
 
Scientists find meteor debris in Canada

Friday, November 28, 2008
(11-28) 12:19 PST LLOYDMINSTER, Alberta, Canada (AP) --

Scientists said Friday they had found remains of a meteor that illuminated the sky before falling to earth in western Canada earlier this month.

University of Calgary scientist Alan Hildebrand and graduate student Ellen Milley found several meteor fragments near the Battle River along the rural Alberta-Saskatchewan border, near the city of Lloydminster late Thursday.

They said there could be thousands of meteorite pieces strewn over a 7-square-mile area of mostly flat, barren land, with few inhabitants.

Residents in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta have been buzzing about the huge fireball that lit up the night sky over the three provinces on Nov. 20. Witnesses reported hearing sonic boom rumblings and said the fiery flash was as bright as the sun.

Hildebrand, who also coordinates meteor sightings with the Canadian Space Agency, estimated the meteor could have been seen from as far as 434 miles away, into the northern United States.

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

The meteor contained about one-tenth of a kiloton of energy when it entered the earth's atmosphere, roughly the equivalent of 100 tons of the chemical explosive TNT.

"It would be something like a billion-watt light bulb," said Hildebrand.

The meteor has captured the imagination of sky watchers around the world.

Robert Haag, a space rock collector from Arizona, offered up to $9,700 for the first one-kilogram chunk of the meteor that is found.
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Taken from SFgate
 
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