* Astronomy

A woman's hand, to show the scale, is seen by what scientists say is a fragment of a meteorite found in a small pond near Lloydminster, Sask., Canada Friday, Nov. 28, 2008.

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Buzzard Coulee is a Valley in the province of Saskatchewan (SK), located at latitude - longitude coordinates (also known as lat-long or GPS coordinates) of N 52.9833 and W -109.85.

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Scientists said Friday they had found remains of a meteor that illuminated the sky before falling to earth in western Canada earlier this month.
University of Calgary scientist Alan Hildebrand and graduate student Ellen Milley found several meteor fragments near the Battle River along the rural Alberta-Saskatchewan border, near the city of Lloydminster late Thursday.
They said there could be thousands of meteorite pieces strewn over a 7-square-mile area of mostly flat, barren land, with few inhabitants.

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Fragments of a huge meteorite that lit up the skies across Alberta and Saskatchewan last week have been found near the border city of Lloydminster, University of Calgary scientists say.
U of C planetary scientist Dr. Alan Hildebrand and graduate student Ellen Milley said Friday morning they located several meteorite fragments late Thursday afternoon.
They believe thousands of meteorite bits are strewn over a 20-square-kilometre area near the Battle River.
They're planning to take reporters to the as-yet undisclosed site about 40 kilometres from Lloydminister Friday afternoon.

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Latitude:  53° 0'22.58"N, Longitude:  109°54'46.04"W

-- Edited by Blobrana at 16:55, 2008-11-28