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METEOR HUNTERS in Houston — we now have a map of where meteorite fragments MAY be found! This is from NASA.
So far there ARE reports of at least one medium-sized one being recovered (and, unfortunately, causing damage).
This is on the northwest side of the Houston Metro northwest of Houston Bush Intercontentinal Airport. Your best chance is between Highway 1960 and Highway 99, especially near Kohrville, Klein and along Louetta Road.
That’s a heavily-commercialized, busy urban area, so folks there should check their backyards too.
Dark red is where 20 pound meteorites landed IF they were produced, then 2 pound (red), 0.2 pounds (dark orange), 0.02 pound (light orange) and 0.02 pound (yellow).
Any recovered meteorites may be magnetic AND feel extremely dense (“too heavy” for an ordinary rock of its size).
Saturday’s meteor was likely about 3 feet across and weighed a ton before it exploded overhead at 4:39 p.m. NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office says the explosion, which produced a sonic boom, released an amount of energy equivalent to 26 tons of TNT.
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