Canada creates record this year – for recovering four new meteorites from outer space in the Country. These findings also confirm the belief of a University of Calgary scientist that an extraordinary concentration of meteorites left behind after the last Ice Age is located in southeastern Manitoba. The discovery is exciting news for Manitoba’s astronomy community.
“We’re obviously very excited about these meteorite discoveries, and we hope that this signals even more discoveries in the future… Manitoba is under-represented in the meteorite game, so this is our chance to climb the meteorite ladder.” — Scott Young, manager of the Manitoba Museum’s planetarium and science gallery said.
The Lone Island Lake meteorite, discovered in Manitoba, is the 8th meteorite found there. Identified by the Prairie Meteorite Search, it was the 9th meteorite, and the 68th new meteorite to be recovered in Canada.
Via: Physorg
