AGEN, France — Space fans in France are being urged to join forces to find an apricot-sized meteorite that fell to Earth last weekend in the southwest of the country.
The rock, estimated to weigh 150 grams, was captured plunging through the atmosphere by cameras at an astronomy education facility in Mauraux falling at exactly 10:43 p.m. Saturday near Aiguillon, about 100 kilometers from Bordeaux.
The site is part of the Vigie-Ciel (Sky Watch) project of around 100 cameras in the Fireball Recovery and InterPlanetary Observation Network (Fripon), which aims to detect and collect the 10 or so meteorites that fall on France each year.
“Meteorites are relics of the solar system’s c…
Keep on reading: Any meteor in your garden? Space fans in France urged to join search