23 October 2009

Meteor/Meteorite News- Grimbsy Meteorite 22OCT09

Grimsby meteorite finds are ‘worldwide news’
By Joanne McDonald
Grimsby
Oct 21, 2009
Hot on the trail of the meteorite fallout from a fireball that lit up the Lake Ontario skies, scientists, meteorite hunters and media have converged on the Grimsby area in search of the 4.6 billion-year-old black, burned rocks.

The count is up to three meteorites now found and there are estimates that dozens, maybe hundreds of pieces may be strewn across a path in the immediate area since the rocks rained down Sept. 25. ... (more)


http://www.niagarathisweek.com/news/communities/Regional/article/283476

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