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The largest surviving fragment, viewable in the visitor center, weighs 3/4 tons. Current theories place the size of the meteor as 150 feet in diameter, and its weight at 300,000 tons.
Some meteors, such as the Perseids in August, burn up in the atmosphere at about 100 kilometers â or 60 miles â above Earthâs surface. Other meteors, such as the Draconids in October, fall to 70 kilometers â or about 40 miles â before they heat up enough to glow and vaporize.