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in public display at the Hayden Planetarium.

Tagish Lake Meteorite
The Tagish Lake Meteorite caused a big cosmic fuss. It fell onto Tagish Lake in The Yukon in January 18, 2000. It is thought to contain some organic matter and froze soon after impact. Due to those two conditions, the market price for this unusual meteorite has been pegged around $250 per gram.

Fireballs
Incredibly a fireball hitting a truck was film. A fireball is a meteor, which explodes close to the earth surface and is obliterated by flames. Such an event is thought to have occurred in June 30, 1908 in Siberia. A 12,000 square mile of taiga forest were toppled over by some massive explosion. Scientists are still trying to come to a conclusion about this event. The forest near the Tunguska River in eastern Siberia were totaled and left lying on the ground.

The Egyptian Glass or Tut's gem for the boy king Tutankhamen is thought to have originated from a fireball or plume coming down from heaven and kissing the desert sand. The temperature that created the glass is thought to be to high to be of early origin.

100 million meteorites strike the planets atmosphere every 24 hours. Most of these are dust particles or slightly larger than dust and they burn up high and quickly. Watching the shooting stars makes one wonder and live for the moment.

Cool sites
www.farmersalmanac.com
www .space.com

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