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The Novato meteorite is an ordinary chondrite which entered the Earth's atmosphere and broke up over Northern California at 19:44 Pacific Time on 17 October 2012. The falling bolide created a bright fireball and sonic booms and fragmented into smaller pieces as the intense friction of passing through the atmosphere heated it and absorbed its kinetic energy. [2]
The origin of a mysterious throbbing light racing behind clouds across parts of the northeastern U.S. and Canada over the weekend has been identified as a meteor, according to the American Meteor ...
The American Meteor Society reported 436 sightings of the fireball, which was seen from northern Michigan to North Carolina, and Kentucky to western New York, around 7 p.m. Monday. The fireball's ...
The meteor society keeps a list of upcoming large meteor showers, including the peak viewing days and moonlight conditions. The next major meteor shower will be the Orionids, peaking in mid-October.
On 4 May 2014 around 4:17pm a daylight bolide occurred near Ontario, resulting in a meteor air burst. [1] [2] The meteoroid was estimated to be roughly 50–100 centimetres (20–39 inches) in diameter. [1]
The society publishes observations and scientific interpretations quarterly in Meteor Trails, The Journal of American Meteor Society. Once per year they give the American Meteor Society Award to a person who has contributed to research on meteors. They also provide an annual research grant to a student of SUNY-Geneseo who has contributed to ...
The American Meteor Society received 120 reports of the fireball across Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and as far north as Missouri.
An American Meteor Society database compiles such reports of fireball observations. The astronomy nonprofit simply describes a fireball as a visible meteor that is unusually bright.