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Have You Seen This Meteorite?

By Keith Cowing
April 8, 2013
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NASA Asks Public to Provide Videos and Photos of Meteor (with photos of fresh finds)

“NASA and the SETI Institute are asking the public for more information to help find amateur photos and video footage of the daylight meteor that illuminated the sky over the Sierra Nevada mountains and created sonic booms that were heard over a wide area at 7:51 a.m. PDT Sunday, April 22, 2012.”

Fireball Over California/Nevada: How Big Was It?

“The object was about the size of a minivan, weighed in at around 154,300 pounds (70 metric tons) and at the time of disintegration released energy equivalent to a 5-kiloton explosion.”

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