On April 16, 2010, Noriko Kita, director of the Ion Microprobe Laboratory and a meteorite expert at the UW-Madison, removes a piece of rock believed to be from the April 14 meteor that showered the night sky over Southwestern Wisconsin. The fragment was found by a Wisconsin farmer and brought to the university for analysis. Photo: Jeff Miller
The meteor that lit up the sky of southern Wisconsin on April 14 and created an international buzz now has a name: The Mifflin Meteorite.
Read more "Meteorite that hit Wisconsin is named" (Wisconsin State Journal)
The meteor caused quite a bit of excitement in southwestern Wisconsin in spring and several fragments landed at our very own Geology Museum.