p2pnet news view | Off Topic:- It came from outer space, but it didn’t do us any harm —- that we know of, anyway.

It was “literally a billion watt bulb in the sky,” the Calgary Herald has Alan Hildebrand, co-ordinator of the Canadian Fireball Reporting Centre at the University of Calgary, saying.

It was a meteorite and now experts want to find exactly where it hit in hopes of finding fragments.

Hildebrand estimates the rock, which struck on Thursday night, weighed between one and ten tons.

Researchers need to locate it before a snowfall makes the search impossible, says the Edmonton Sun.

“Otherwise they’ll have to wait until spring when the snow melts, and chances of finding it may be slim by then,” says Frank Florian, director of space sciences at Edmonton’s Telus World of Science,” in the story, which adds:

The meteorite seems to have flown in the general direction east of Red Deer and west of Saskatoon and appears to be about 18 metres or larger,  according to reports.

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Calgary Herald -Hunt on for space rock, November 22, 2008
Edmonton Sun -  Search for meteorite landing site has begun, November 21, 2008

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