Meteorite hunters race to Ohio
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Ever since I was a kid, I dreamed of this event exactly," Steven Sladek said of the meteorite that shook Northeast Ohio on Tuesday.
A 45,000 mph meteor for the ages made a captivating *boom* in Medina County Tuesday afternoon. The sound of the meteor startled many people, including Keone Knapp in Hermitage, Pennsylvania. Knapp said his whole house shook.
Meteorite hunters believe they have found several fragments of the fireball meteor that exploded over Ohio. Here's how meteorites are confirmed.
A streaking fireball lit the starkly cold Tuesday morning sky and detonated with the force of 250 tons of TNT, rattling windows and alarming Northeast Ohioans.
An expert says that the price per gram of a celestial object can range to several thousands, depending on its composition, condition, and date of discovery.
The National Weather Service and scientists say there were signs of a meteorite landing near Cleveland, Ohio, on Tuesday (March 17).