Finns want to look for remains of Arctic meteorite
November 23, 2017
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The remains of a blazing meteorite that lit up the dark skies of the Arctic last week are believed scattered near a lake in northern Finland, amateur Finnish astronomers said Wednesday.
The Ursa astronomical association says their calculations show the parts would have crashed in a remote area near the Norwegian and Russian borders.
The meteorite — which Norwegian scientists said gave "the glow of 100 full moons" — was seen in northern Norway and Russia's Kola peninsula on Thursday for about five seconds.
Marko Pekkola, a scientist with Ursa, said it likely landed in...
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