Fragments of Monday morning meteor may have landed in Alberta
A meteor that lit up the sky early Monday morning may have left fragments in Northern Alberta.
The meteor was spotted at around 6:20 a.m., and reports from the public submitted to the American Meteor Society, which tracks and logs reports of meteor and fireball sightings, shows the meteor was seen as far away as Saskatoon, Dawson Creek, Kamloops, Lethbridge, and even in Montana.
Based on the photos and videos posted on social media, Geoff Robertson, the past president of the Edmonton Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, says the meteor was likely the size of a desk or refrigerator, and some of it may have survived the fall to earth.
“Looking at the videos, I saw some flashes as it was coming down, indicating it was probably breaking up. So I would say probably some pieces did eventually make their way down, landing on the ground somewhere,” says Robertson.