A museum in the United States will reward those who find and return a fragment of a meteorite that fell in Maine

It offers a museum of Maine gems and minerals a prize of $25,000 to the first person who handed over a one-kilogram chunk of a meteorite that crashed to Earth last Saturday, in a remote corner of a forest near the US-Canadian border.

There they hit some space rocks and can be scattered on the ground. An unusually bright fireball could be seen in broad daylight as the rock disintegrated in the atmosphere, said Darryl Pitt, president of the meteorite division at the Maine Museum of Minerals and Gems, in Bethel.

NASA has confirmed that radars have registered the meteorite falls in maine and that several people have heard sonic booms caused by an object when it exceeds the speed of sound.

The museum wants expand your collection of lunar and martian rocksPitt explained, so the first meteor hunters to turn in a 1-kilogram (2.2-pound) specimen will be able to claim the $25,000 prize.

According to Pitt, the fact that the radar detected the meteorite’s fiery disintegration ensures that its remains can be found on the ground.

“With more people alerted, there will be more people on the lookout and there will be a better chance of recovery,” Pitt said Wednesday.

However, there is no guarantee that there will be blocks large enoughIt’s like claiming the reward.

NASA stated on its website that “meteorite masses calculated from radar trails range from 1.59 grams (0.004 lbs) to 322 grams (0.7 lbs), although masses may be decreased.”

The chunks of space rock likely fell in a swath that stretched from the town of Waite, Maine, to Canoose, New Brunswick. According to NASA, the largest specimens were scattered in the far west of the debris field, closest to Waite, about a 3.5-hour drive from Portland.

The Maine Museum of Minerals and Gems statement

On its official social networks, the Maine Museum of Minerals and Gems has issued a statement denouncing the “extraordinary event that took place in Washington County (YO)”, in the north-eastern United States.

“A fireball was seen hurtling through the sky during the day! Most of the fireballs that are witnessed are usually seen at night, their light contrasting easily with the night sky. This fireball seen during the day is incredibly rare; imagine how bright it would have been at night,” reads that text.

Furthermore, it was indicated: “NASA has also located possible specimens and their positions through Doppler radar. The scattered field is expected to be just north of Waite, Maine to the Canadian border directly west of Canoose, New Brunswick. The bounty is also open to our Canadian neighbors.”

“The Museum is offering a $25,000 reward for the first 1-kilogram specimen found at the event. The Museum is able to test specimens for identification; appointments MUST be made with Al Falster, the research lab technologist. The test results will be available in 5-10 working days and there is a cost due to the preparation of the sample needed for the tests”, it was clarified.

With information from AP.

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