The American Meteor Society reports that a total of 6 meteorites from the January 16 event have been found in Michigan.
The first fragments were located Thursday by professional hunters Larry Atkins and Robert Ward of Arizona. Longway Planetarium astronomers have also located three meteorites that'll be displayed Friday.
The meteor was sighted in multiple states, and even Ontario Tuesday night after 8pm. Residents reported their homes shaking, and NWS Detroit says the atmospheric pressure wave generated from the meteors penetration into the atmosphere caused a M2.0 to register on seismometers.
NASA scientists say the 6-foot-wide (2 meters) meteor broke apart about 20 miles (32 kilometers) over the Metro-Detroit area with most of the fragments landing in Hamburg Township, but they could be scattered across Mid-Michigan.
A meteoroid is a small chunk of asteroid or comet. When it enters Earth's atmosphere it becomes a meteor, fireball or shooting star. The pieces of rock that hit the ground are meteorites, and are valuable to collectors. The remnants must be analyzed by a lab to be accredited as meteorites.
The lucky few who were able to locate pieces of meteorite didn't divulge where they found them.
Many viewers sent us video footage of the event, you can check that out above.
