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Wisconsin’s Mifflin Meteorite
February 19, 2013 | University of Wisconsin

“The Mifflin Meteorite created a fireball equivalent to 20 tons of TNT, initiating a scientific quest that revealed the complex history of a rocky body that predates Earth’s formation. Although the fireball could be seen from Madison, 50 miles away, the meteorite was far smaller than the object that exploded over Siberia.”


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