{"id":42158,"date":"2026-07-16T19:46:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/?p=42158"},"modified":"2026-07-17T10:48:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T08:48:32","slug":"first-cockburn-island-prov-meteorites-of-bolide-above-cockburn-island-ontario-canada-at-001354-utc-on-20-june-2026-reportedly-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/?p=42158","title":{"rendered":"First ‘Cockburn Island’ (prov.) meteorites of bolide above Cockburn Island, Ontario, Canada at ~00:13:54 UTC on 20 June 2026 reportedly found"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last update: 17 July 2026 (10:35 CEST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meteorite searchers Dave Kenny and Anton Clemens report having found the first two meteorites (probably ordinary chondrites) of the bolide above Cockburn Island, Ontario, Canada. According to Kenny a first intact 57.6-gram specimen was reportedly found on 11 July 2026 at 12:23 p.m. EDT. Another fragmented specimen (55.2 g) was reportedly found on the edge of a gravel path on 13 July 2026. The fragments have been given to Western University.<\/p>\n\n\n

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First find, an intact 57.6-gram mass in situ. Photo: Dave Kenny<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fragments of the 55.2-gram mass in situ at the edge of a gravel path. Photo: Dave Kenny<\/p>\n\n\n

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Dave Kenny holding the fragments of the 55.2-gram mass. Photo: Dave Kenny<\/p>\n\n\n

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Fragments of the 55.2-gram mass in situ. Photo: Dave Kenny<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The bolide and calculated fall area<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bolide recorded from location 46\u00b030’51.5″N, 84\u00b020’12.4″W<\/a> in Queen Street East in Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario (about 103 km northwest of eastern Cockburn Island) by Gerri-Annette Grenier. Grenier had already been filming some vintage cars at the Queen Street Cruise car show when she managed to capture the bolide. Video: Gerri-Annette Grenier<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Winds at the time of the fall ranged up to 30 m\/s (67 mph) but changed direction by 90 degrees around 20 km altitude. The resulting flight paths of falling meteorites are almost a spiral, with a high concentration of meteorites landing in a small area centered on the road passing through approximately 45.9225 -83.2893. Basically, meteorites landed on the eastern end of the island. Some very small (<1g) meteorites landed in the dolomite quarry across the lake. The flight paths shown here are for hypothetical meteorites. Just because there is a 10 kg meteorite shown on the map does not necessarily mean there is a 10 kg meteorite on the ground. Signatures of falling meteorites are seen in eighteen radar sweeps from four different NEXRAD radars. High reflectivity values indicate this was a relatively high mass fall.” (Text: ARES\/NASA\/Marc Fries<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Composite radar image of falling meteorites, seen from a high altitude perspective view looking towards the north.” (Image and text: ARES\/NASA\/Marc Fries<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Composite radar image of falling meteorites” (Image and text: ARES\/NASA\/Marc Fries<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Composite radar image of falling meteorites, seen in perspective and looking towards the north.” (Image and text: ARES\/NASA\/Marc Fries<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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