# Asteroid burns up in Cleveland, OH area (3/16/2026) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 17, 2026, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-burns-up-in-cleveland-oh-area-3-16-2026/1028531 "2026-03-17T23:11:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-burns-up-in-cleveland-oh-area-3-16-2026/1028531/81 "2026-04-24T22:36:35Z")
On the subject of amazing meteorites, here’s an iron that fell in Poland a week ago. [![](https://i.ibb.co/fsg7Rjd/meteorite-poland-04172026.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/fsg7Rjd/meteorite-poland-04172026.jpg) Those marks are “flow lines”, caused by molten metal streaming off the rock in the supersonic “wind”. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-burns-up-in-cleveland-oh-area-3-16-2026/1028531/82 "2026-04-30T18:10:40Z")
The Ohio meteorite has been confirmed to be a eucrite and officially named Wadsworth. [https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.cfm?code=86956](https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.cfm?code=86956) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-burns-up-in-cleveland-oh-area-3-16-2026/1028531/83 "2026-04-30T22:01:03Z")
Huh, I didn’t know that meteorites got official names. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-burns-up-in-cleveland-oh-area-3-16-2026/1028531/84 "2026-04-30T23:11:17Z")
You’ve encountered many of them before, including in this thread, you just haven’t thought about it. [Chelyabinsk](https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.cfm?sea=chelyabinsk&ants=&nwas=&falls=&valids=&stype=contains&lrec=100&map=ge&browse=&country=All&srt=name&categ=All&mblist=All&rect=&phot=no&strewn=no&snew=0&pnt=Normal+table&sfor=names&code=57165). [Sikhote-Alin](https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.cfm?sea=sikhote-Alin&ants=&nwas=&falls=&valids=&stype=contains&lrec=100&map=ge&browse=&country=All&srt=name&categ=All&mblist=All&rect=&phot=no&strewn=no&snew=0&pnt=Normal+table&sfor=names&code=23593). [Peekskill](https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.cfm?sea=peekskill&ants=&nwas=&falls=&valids=&stype=contains&lrec=100&map=ge&browse=&country=All&srt=name&categ=All&mblist=All&rect=&phot=no&strewn=no&snew=0&pnt=Normal+table&sfor=names&code=18782). [Canyon Diablo](https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.cfm?sea=canyon+Diablo&ants=&nwas=&falls=&valids=&stype=contains&lrec=100&map=ge&browse=&country=All&srt=name&categ=All&mblist=All&rect=&phot=no&strewn=no&snew=0&pnt=Normal+table&sfor=names&code=5257). ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-burns-up-in-cleveland-oh-area-3-16-2026/1028531/85 "2026-04-30T23:36:44Z")
Yeah, but I thought those were just labels, not names. Like, “the meteorite that fell in Chelyabinsk”. You wouldn’t refer to the space-rock itself as “Chelyabinsk”; it’s “the Chelyabinsk meteor”. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-burns-up-in-cleveland-oh-area-3-16-2026/1028531/86 "2026-05-01T00:13:25Z")
I hope Wadsworth is the name of a nearby town or place or somesuch. Otherwise we’ll soon have meteorites named “George” or “the FedEx LoanDepot meteor” ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-burns-up-in-cleveland-oh-area-3-16-2026/1028531/87 "2026-05-01T02:10:11Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I hope Wadsworth is the name of a nearby town or place or somesuch. It is. There are rules and guidelines for naming meteorites: [https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/docs/nc-guidelines.htm#\_Toc447369163](https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/docs/nc-guidelines.htm#_Toc447369163) Many of the names are interesting, like [Dishchii’bikoh Ts’iłsǫǫsé Tsee](https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2017/06/12/rare-arizona-meteorite-receives-apache-name/). ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-burns-up-in-cleveland-oh-area-3-16-2026/1028531/88 "2026-05-01T02:24:43Z")
Looking at my list of samples in my collection, some of the names are Bassikounou Carancas Dong Ukimqin Gao Genie Ghubara Kobe Oum Rokba Saratov Songyuan Tamdakht ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2026, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-burns-up-in-cleveland-oh-area-3-16-2026/1028531/89 "2026-05-31T01:38:07Z")
I didn’t see a thread on the New England meteor/sonic boom today: > **[Meteor over Massachusetts causes explosion reports, sightings from Delaware...](https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/30/us/new-england-meteor-sighting)** > > Reports of an explosion from people across New England Saturday afternoon sent police agencies and others scrambling to understand what caused a double boom that shook buildings in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2026, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-burns-up-in-cleveland-oh-area-3-16-2026/1028531/90 "2026-05-31T01:44:08Z")
I thought my upstairs neighbors dropped something really heavy on the floor. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2026, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-burns-up-in-cleveland-oh-area-3-16-2026/1028531/91 "2026-05-31T01:44:10Z")
I heard it! I wondered whether a pole-mounted transformer had blown up near me, since it was while the storm winds today were still howling and I’d already had one hour-long outage (tree down across a road on my circuit). I live in a seaside town on Cape Ann, north of Boston. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2026, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-burns-up-in-cleveland-oh-area-3-16-2026/1028531/92 "2026-05-31T02:24:42Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I thought my upstairs neighbors dropped something really heavy on the floor. As my post upthread indicated, I thought a large bird had hit my window, until I heard the after-rumbles, distinct from any heard during a thunderstorm. One of the coolest sounds I’ve ever heard, each time getting a bit quieter than the last. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2026, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-burns-up-in-cleveland-oh-area-3-16-2026/1028531/93 "2026-05-31T06:09:43Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I didn’t see a thread on the New England meteor/sonic boom today: And there was one in South Carolina on Thursday. > **[FIRST ALERT: Boom heard across South Carolina likely a meteor](https://www.wmbfnews.com/2026/05/29/first-alert-boom-heard-across-state-likely-meteor/)** > > A loud boom felt and heard across the midlands and Pee Dee of S.C. on Thursday was likely a meteor. It is like Wadsworth and Huston all over again. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-burns-up-in-cleveland-oh-area-3-16-2026/1028531/94 "2026-05-31T12:23:05Z")
That one didn’t get much attention because most people just assumed it was another meth lab blowing up. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-burns-up-in-cleveland-oh-area-3-16-2026/1028531/95 "2026-11-07T16:38:52Z")
New significant meteorite fall in China yesterday: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rpGzBiYWObU/maxresdefault.jpg "Massive Meteor Causes Shockwave in Shaanxi Province, China - Nov. 6, 2026 #meteor #china") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpGzBiYWObU) Here’s one piece of it getting a careful, lab-grade recovery effort: > **[2.4K views · 16 reactions | Xu Dengqin on Reels](https://www.facebook.com/reel/4607681386134544/?rdid=jdorV4p11L3HKBjE&share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2Fr%2F1EXMznWPjJ%2F)** ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-burns-up-in-cleveland-oh-area-3-16-2026/1028531/96 "2026-11-07T18:19:57Z")
These people are apparently the hickiest hicks that ever hicked. [https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1E1PQe1ELv/](https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1E1PQe1ELv/) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-burns-up-in-cleveland-oh-area-3-16-2026/1028531/97 "2026-11-07T20:35:49Z")
How they are reacting in China: [![](https://i.ibb.co/TD8yYQhb/useless-rocks.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/TD8yYQhb/useless-rocks.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-burns-up-in-cleveland-oh-area-3-16-2026/1028531/98 "2026-11-07T21:20:07Z")
I bet the radioactive monsters emerge soon. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-burns-up-in-cleveland-oh-area-3-16-2026/1028531/99 "2026-11-07T23:38:53Z")
Since you (and probably some others) wouldn’t be seeing the Facebook video links: First one a guy with a shovel has pulled a several kilogram meteorite out of the ground and casually tosses it aside, breaking off part of it. The hole is filled with pristine, fresh fragments of the meteorite and he is casually stirring them around in the soil with the shovel. It is like he found a mid-grade copy of _Action Comics_ #1 and is wiping his nose with it. Literally every crumb-sized piece in the hole is worth money, the complete haul almost certainly worth than his net yearly income. Second one a person holding a small piece of the meteorite and apparently angrily throwing it against another (or the same?) largish piece, both with pristine fusion crust. It really is one of the most literally ignorant hick things I’ve ever seen. They have _no_ awareness whatsoever what they are doing to the windfall of a lifetime. This is one of the biggest falls in a while, probably biggest since Chelyabinsk, with hundreds of kilograms of rocks so it isn’t going to sell for a crazy price per gram, but still not pocket change for a Chinese farmer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-burns-up-in-cleveland-oh-area-3-16-2026/1028531.md?page=4)