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Meteorite smashes windshield
Grimsby, Ontario (UPI) Oct 17, 2009 An Ontario man thought vandals had smashed his mother's car windshield with rocks but it turned out the rocks came from a meteorite, officials in Canada said. The meteorite's fireball lit up the sky over Ontario Sept. 25 with a light 100 times brighter than the moon. Researchers at the University of Western Ontario tracked the remains of the fireball to Grimsby, Ontario, where Tony Garchinski discovered the windshield of his mother's car shattered and five small black rocks sitting in the driveway, Canwest News Service reported Saturday. Garchinski, 20, eventually saw a news report on the meteorite and called the researchers. The meteorite samples are being studied at the university before being returned to Garchinski. The samples are estimated to be nearly 4.5 billion years old and from the asteroid belt located between Jupiter and Mars, the report said. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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Western Astronomers Capture Spectacular Meteor ImagesLondon, Canada (SPX) Oct 08, 2009 Astronomers from The University of Western Ontario have released footage of a meteor that was approximately 100 times brighter than a full moon. The meteor lit up the skies of southern Ontario two weeks ago and Western astronomers are now hoping to enlist the help of local residents in recovering one or more possible meteorites that may have crashed in the area of Grimsby, Ontario. ... read more |
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