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Cell phone videos shared by gobsmacked earthlings show what appeared to be a massive shooting star that broke into a cluster of smaller fireballs as the satellite disintegrated.
The fireball was first spotted at around 17:30 MST (00:30 UTC) (ISO 8601 format: 2008-11-21T00:30Z) and was reported by people living in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and even North Dakota. [2] It was five times as bright as a full moon. [3] Over 400 people reported seeing it. [4] There are several videos of the meteoroid on YouTube. [5]
The fireball, actually a particularly bright meteor streaking through the night sky, was recorded in 335 reports collected by the American Meteor Society. The reports stretched from Ontario ...
An airburst detected in El Paso and Las Cruces. The fireball traveled S-SE before disintegrating 10–15 miles above the surface with a loud explosion, traveling around 30,000 MPH. Luminosity is described only as "a very bright flash of light, bright orange-red, similar to a distant sunset". [52] 1997, Dec 9 Europe: 150 km south of Nuuk, Greenland
At its brightest point, the meteor was two times brighter than a full moon, experts say.
The 1860 Great Meteor procession occurred on July 20, 1860. It was an extremely rare meteoric phenomenon reported from locations across the United States. [1] [2]American landscape painter Frederic Church saw and painted a spectacular string of fireball meteors across the Catskill evening sky, an extremely rare Earth-grazing meteor procession.
Donald Richard Spencer OAM (born 1936 or 1937) [1] is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, and former children's television presenter. He had a long tenure as a host on Play School on both the Australian version (1968–99) and the United Kingdom version (1972–88), one of only two presenters to work on both versions.
A loud boom prefaced a streaking fireball spotted in three Southern states, scientists confirmed Thursday. More than 30 people in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi reported seeing the ...