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Meteorite hunters scour Ohio for fragments of 7-ton space rock that crashed into Earth

Meteorite hunters fanned out across a wide swath of Ohio on Thursday, hoping to collect fragments of an estimated 7-ton (6,350 kilograms) space rock that crashed into Earth this week after a dazzling fireball that was seen from hundreds of miles away.

Meteorite hunters scour Ohio for fragments of 7-ton space rock that crashed into Earth
Image: Phys.org
Meteorite hunters fanned out across a wide swath of Ohio on Thursday, hoping to collect fragments of an estimated 7-ton (6,350 kilograms) space rock that crashed into Earth this week after a dazzling fireball that was seen from hundreds of miles away.

Originally published at Phys.org

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