CLEVELAND — A NASA map is highlighting the region where meteorites would have landed as a result of the meteor that broke apart over northeast Ohio on Tuesday morning.
What You Need To Know
- NASA has a map showing the strewn field for meteorites showing where they would have landed after the event Tuesday morning
- A meteor broke apart over northeast Ohio on Tuesday morning, causing a loud boom heard across the region
- The map showcases a vertical strip roughly 15 miles west of downtown Akron
Bill Cooke with the NASA Meteoroid Environments Office said all current available data shows visibility of the meteor of about 50 miles above Lake Erie. It moved east at 45,000 miles per hour, and it was nearly 6 feet in diameter weighing about seven tons.
It traveled over 34 miles through the upper atmosphere before breaking up over Valley City, just north of Medina…