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Meteorite that hit Wisconsin is named "The Mifflin Meteorite"

Posted on September 2, 2010


Photo by Mike DeVries/The Capital Times

The meteor that lit up the sky of southern Wisconsin on April 14 and created an international buzz now has a name.

The Meteoritical Society has aptly named it the Mifflin Meteorite, named after the town on which many of the pieces were found. The area is about 65 miles west of Madison in Iowa County just south of Montfort.

via host.madison.com

Have you read our other posts about the Mifflin Meteorite?

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Beware: Meteorite Hunters Could Be Targets For Scammers [video]

Posted on April 30, 2010

Nearly two weeks after a meteorite was spotted over southwestern Wisconsin, the search for potentially valuable fragments continues. But concern is growing over possible scams associated with pieces of the meteor.

Some meteorite fragments can be worth quite a bit of money, but some are concerned about out-of-towners who are looking to make a quick buck scamming inexperienced meteorite hunters.

Read the story at Channel3000.com

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Howard man finds potentially valuable meteorite

Posted on April 21, 2010

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A Howard man found something which may turn out to be a meteorite from last week's fireball.  If this is the case, the object could be worth thousands of dollars, according to experts.

Image: Salvatore Vuono / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

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