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Midwest Meteorite Hunt in Ohio

A Midwest meteorite hunt is underway for fragments from a fireball that blazed across the sky at 1:22 am on August 8 this year. NASA estimates that meteorite fragments can be found east of Cleveland.
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Residents of northeastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania should be on the lookout for space rocks.
At 1:22 a.m. Aug. 8, sky cameras belonging to the Southern Ontario Meteor Network in Canada recorded a meteor as it entered the Earth's atmosphere over Lake Erie, and scientists at NASA say they have "high confidence" that pieces of the meteor landed in northern Trumbull County.
The "fireball" entered the atmosphere 54 miles above Lake Erie, travelling south-by-southeast at approximately 55,900 mph.
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Lake Erie Fireball Meteor, Orangeville View



Lake Erie Fireball Meteor, Tavistock View



Lake Erie Fireball Meteor, Mcmaster View



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NASA's meteor expert says a meteor that broke up over Lake Erie last week likely produced small meteorites.
The pieces may be as small as a thumbnail, or slightly larger.
On August 8, around 1:22 a.m., four Canadian sky cameras captured the fireball entering the atmosphere about 50 miles above Lake Erie.
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NASA looks for meteor fragments in Northeast Ohio

NASA officials want people to be on the look out for pieces of a meteor that hit near Cleveland.
Bill Cooke with the NASA Meteoroid Environments Office said the impact area is near Warren, Kinsman and Hermitage, where are east of Cleveland. The meteor was spotted on radar images in Cleveland when it entered the atmosphere around 1:22 a.m. on Aug. 8, Cooke said.
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High Confidence Meteorite Fall in Northeast Ohio

On August 8 at 1:22 Eastern Daylight Time, 4 all sky cameras belonging to the Southern Ontario Meteor Network detected a fireball entering the atmosphere 54 miles above Lake Erie (80.944 W, 41.945 N), moving SSE at 25 km/s. Decelerating rapidly, the meteor was last tracked north of Gustavus (80.667 W, 41.411 N), moving at approximately 10 km/s. Altitude at this point was 38.
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Calculated impact locations as a function of mass are:

1 gram:         80.5027 W, 41.3824 N
10 grams:     80.5163 W, 41.3379 N
100 grams:   80.5158 W, 41.2910 N
1 kilogram:   80.5074 W, 41.2440 N



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