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Meteor Shower April 2010
The Associated Press said the meteor that streaked across the Midwestern sky momentarily turned night into day, rattled houses and caused trees and the ground to shake. There were no immediate reports of injuries
Radar information suggests the meteor landed in the southwest corner of Wisconsin, either Grant or Lafayette counties, said Ashley Sears, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Milwaukee office. Officials in both counties said no one has reported seeing a meteor or crater.
But if you missed the show Wednesday night that was seen from Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin as far away as St. Louis, there isn’t much of a chance you’ll see another one.
You can probably see meteor showers if the sky is clear the next few nights, but to see another one this large is a long shot, said Michael Briley, a physics professor and astronomer at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh.
Forecasters said there is a meteor shower called gamma virginids occurring from April 4 through April 21, with peak activity Wednesday and Thursday.