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Jude
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Posted: Fri 28 Nov , 2008 3:54 pm
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Meteorite pieces found in Saskatchewan
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Fragments of a huge meteorite that lit up the skies across Alberta and Saskatchewan last week have been found near the border city of Lloydminster, University of Calgary scientists say.

U of C planetary scientist Dr. Alan Hildebrand and graduate student Ellen Milley said Friday morning they located several meteorite fragments late Thursday afternoon.

They believe thousands of meteorite bits are strewn over a 20-square-kilometre area near the Battle River.

They're planning to take reporters to the as-yet undisclosed site — about 40 kilometres from Lloydminister — Friday afternoon.

The fireball that streaked across western Canadian skies on Nov. 20 was witnessed by thousands. Researchers believe it was a 10-tonne fragment from an asteroid.

It was also captured on video by a number of people.
It was on the news last week that a number of people had seen a huge fireball across the sky in Saskatchewan, and that people were searching for fragments. Now it appears that they've found them, and expect to find more.

I can't help thinking - what if this had happened in the middle of a city? I guess they were small fragments, but I'm sure they were travelling fast enough to cause injury and damage.

I can't access youtube from work - has anyone posted videos of the meteorite?

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Posted: Fri 28 Nov , 2008 4:09 pm
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Cool! I was just telling my family about this last night. Now I get to tell them that they found pieces of it.



There is no sound for some reason. I think the second bit of footage (from a police cruiser cam) is much better. It's 30 seconds in or so.


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That police cruiser video of it is amazing. What a thing to see!
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I can't wait to get home and see it! ;)

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I thought the same thing, Estel. I get excited over your garden variety shooting star; I would've come out of my skin to see something on that scale!


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I saw this the other day on the news, cool that they fould the pieces. I'd be out looking if it happened around where I live.

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I heard one of the scientists interviewed on CBC radio and he was just, you know, over the moon about this. They hoped to find bits, but didn't really expect to.

That was a big hunk o' rock. It would definitely have caused damage and maybe even deaths had it hit a city. Luckily for Saskatchewanites, they are mostly empty spaces.

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Most of the world is ocean, and most of what isn't is still empty of humans. So a smallish object dropped randomly out of the sky is unlikely to land on anyone. Still, there's no intrinsic reason it couldn't.
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That is some amazing footage!! It's very Deep Impact :Q on a smaller scale.

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There's a couple more videos of it







About one minute thirty seconds into this next video is pretty cool
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Did NO ONE see Armageddon? This is how it all begins!!! :help:

I have a friend is Saskattkwathckchwitchwatchwhenkatoowen. *is jealous*

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Where is that? Somewhere in Ireland?

What a coincidence that it almost sounds absolutely nothing like Saskatchewan. :cool:

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:poke: (I get to poke Jude!) So...:poke: what did you think of the videos?


And if anyone is interested, Jupiter, Venus, and the crescent moon will be in very close proximity to each other Dec. 1st. (Jupiter and Venus already are, but I haven't quite seen the moon cooperating just yet.) It's quite beautiful!


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Will it peradventure look anything like a star shining in the East? :Q

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If you're west of the star, then yes.

Lali, my computer doesn't seem to cope well with youtube, but I did see the second-long footage of the fireball going across the night sky and the sound of the boom - that was very impressive.

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There was a boom?

I must get a sound card.

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