By The Canadian Press

UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA

Scientists at UofA search for meteorite in Camrose

Sep 18, 2019 | 12:24 PM

It streaked across the sky but people in central Alberta are being urged to keep their eyes trained on the ground.

Scientists at the University of Alberta are still searching for meteorites from a fireball that lit up the sky southeast of Edmonton on Aug. 31.

A team from the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences worked with scientists at Curtin University in Perth, Australia, to narrow a potential landing zone to an area southwest of Camrose, about 95 kilometres from Edmonton.

Prof. Chris Herd says he and his co-workers are confident the space bits are scattered around, even though none has been found yet.

The university is sharing tips on how to identify a meteorite, and reminding searchers that pieces found on public right of ways belong to the finder, while those discovered on private land belong to the landowner.

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Herd and his co-workers are eager to find and study any of the meteorites, which he estimates could weigh about one kilogram each.