University of Calgary

Meteorite update

Nov. 28, 2008

Meteorite field found in Saskatchewan

Alan Hildebrand

Alan Hildebrand

The remains of a 10-tonne asteroid that exploded in the sky near the Alberta/Saskatchewan border on Nov.20 have been located by University of Calgary researchers in a rural area near the city of Lloydminster.


Planetary scientist Alan Hildebrand and graduate student Ellen Milley located several fragments of meteorite late Thursday afternoon and are conducting a search of the area to collect some of the estimated thousands of meteorite fragments densely strewn over an estimated 20-square-kilometre area near the Battle River.

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