What would you do if $400,000 landed in your yard?

An asteroid that streaked across the skies over Canada's prairies last fall dropped a record number of fragments, including a bowling-ball sized chunk worth $400,000 that a selfless farmer has donated - for free - to the University of Calgary.

"These meteorites are like lumps of gold with the same kind of value," said Dr. Alan Hildebrand, a planetary scientist with the University of Calgary.

"Many people have come here to collect meteorites to sell them."

The valuable bowling-ball sized piece, weighing 13 kilograms, was donated to the university by farmer Alex Mitchell.

An oilfield worker found it on Mitchell's property and turned it over to him.

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