Are there meteor fragments nearby? What to know after recent fireball
USA TODAY
A six-foot, six-ton asteroid passed over northeastern Ohio on March 17, bringing the possibility of fragmented pieces scattered across a wide area.
Pieces of a 4.6-billion-year-old space rock could be in your yard if you were in the vicinity of the meteor that caused a "loud boom" and shook houses in northeast Ohio on March 17.
A six-foot, six-ton asteroid passed over parts of the United States and traveled over 34 miles through the upper atmosphere before fragmenting and creating a sonic boom 30 miles over Valley City, north of Medina County, Ohio, according to NASA.
The fragments continued traveling south, producing meteorites, also known as meteor fragments that survive the descent through Earth's atmosphere and reaches the ground. When the asteroid fragmented, an energy of 250 tons of TNT was "unleashed," NASA said, resulting in a pressure wave that propagated to the ground and created a sonic boom.
Now, some of those meteorite pieces could be scattered nearby in Ohio, meteorologists say. Here's what to know about potentially finding one.
NASA says meteors are visible when they burn up as they enter Earth’s atmosphere, producing a bright streak of light often referred to as a fireball.
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