Museum offers a $25 reward to anyone who finds a piece of a meteorite that fell on Maine

Somewhere in a remote wooded area near the Maine-Canada border, meteorites have fallen to Earth and may be scattered across the ground - just waiting to be picked up. If you're the first to find a large meteorite, the Mineral Museum is offering a $25 reward. Fox News.

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The unusually bright fireball could be seen in broad daylight around noon on April 8, said Darryl Pitt, chairman of the meteorite department at the Maine Minerals and Gems Museum in Bethel.

NASA reports that four radar scans found "signs consistent with falling meteorites seen at the time and location reported by eyewitnesses." In addition, people heard sonic booms. The space agency said it was the first time a meteorite had been detected by radar in Maine.

Pitt said the Minerals and Gems Museum wants to expand its collection, which includes lunar and Martian rocks, so the first meteorite hunters to deliver a 1kg specimen will win a $25 prize.

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“The more people who are aware, the more people will search – and the higher the probability of detection,” Pitt said.

He clarified: since the fall was noticed by radar, then meteorites can certainly be found on the ground.

However, there is no guarantee that there will be any space solids large enough to qualify for the payout.

NASA reported on its website that "the mass of the meteorite, calculated from radar signatures, ranges from 0,004 (nearly 2 grams) to 0,7 pounds (317 grams), although larger rocks could have fallen."

The meteorites probably hit a strip of land stretching from Waite, Maine to Kanoosa, New Brunswick. According to NASA, the largest specimens will be scattered in the western part, closest to Waite.

Finding a softball-sized space rock in the wilderness can be like looking for a needle in a haystack: the estimated area where the meteorites fell is about a mile (1,6 km) wide and extends 10-12 miles (16-19 miles). km) up to Canada.

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The museum asks aspiring meteorite hunters to brush up on what they look like before looking for them, and to avoid private property unless they have permission.

The museum has an extensive collection of specimens, including the largest intact Martian rock on Earth.

Pitt said the museum intends to purchase any other specimens found by meteorite hunters. He assured that the samples "could easily be worth their weight in gold."

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