Case file · Cosmic event

Bruderheim meteorite fall

On 4 March 1960 a fireball and loud detonations over Bruderheim, northeast of Edmonton, scattered stones over frozen fields.

1960 CE · 53.80, -112.93 · status: explained

The account

More than 300 kg of fragments were recovered, the largest known meteorite fall in Canada at the time. It is an ordinary chondrite.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Bruderheim
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