WADSWORTH — Wadsworth resident Rebecca Horton first thought it was a piece of asphalt. But it turned out to be a fragment from the meteorite back that streaked across the Ohio sky in March.
The discovery earned Horton a city proclamation after she donated the fragment to The Ohio State University, where it will become part of the university’s geological collection.
The meteor entered Earth’s atmosphere over northeastern Ohio the morning of March 17, traveling an estimated 45,000 mph and scattering fragments across the region. Two days later, Horton found an unusual rock while leaving her condo…