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You may be able to snag a piece of Cape Cod Bay meteor with a magnet
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You may be able to snag a piece of Cape Cod Bay meteor with a magnet.You may be able to snag a piece of Cape Cod Bay meteor with a magnet The meteor that broke apart above Massachusetts and landed in Cape Cod Bay on May 30 weighed about as much as a fully grown elephant, according to NASA.The "fireball" had a mass of 5.6 metric tons, or more than 12,000 pounds, and entered Earth's atmosphere at roughly 42,000 mph on Saturday, May 30, the space agency said in an X post June 1.NASA also said Monday that the meteor traveled from northwest to southeast for about 26 miles before breaking apart at an altitude of roughly 31 miles.The energy released when it fragmented around 2:06 p.m.ET on May 30 is estimated to be equivalent to about 230 tons of TNT, according to NASA.You might've heard the resulting sonic boom.More: The meteor boom startled everyone including this dog.Watch video Where did the meteor land?On Monday, June 1, scientists with NASA's Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science division released a composite radar image from four weather radars.Evidence suggests the meteor entered the atmosphere at a steep angle.NASA's analysis places a likely meteorite fall location near the center of Cape Cod Bay at coordinates 41.87754 latitude and -70.35239 longitude."This was a daytime bolide [bright meteor] that produced a meteorite fall right in the middle of Cape Cod Bay," the agency said in a statement."This fall into water is technically called a 'fishy squisher' in uber-serious scientific terms." You might be able to find a piece of the meteor The agency also suggested that curious boaters may be able to retrieve some of the meteorite fragments, as the water depth at the fall site is only 34 meters deep, or about 100 feet."Most meteorites are strongly attracted to a magnet, and these ones are within reach of a 100' length of rope dangled off of a boat," the agency said."In case anyone is interested in such factoids." Heather McCarron of the Cape Cod Times contributed to this report.This article originally appeared on Cape Cod Times: Boaters may be able to snag meteorite fragments from Cape Cod Bay