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As of 9 a.m. Friday, the American Meteor Society had received 177 eyewitness reports, and the path of the meteor appeared to be over central Kentucky near Lebanon.
A fireball, astronomers explain, is simply a very bright meteor – brighter than magnitude -4, roughly equivalent to the brilliance of Venus in the morning or evening sky. A bolide is a specific ...
If you ever see a fireball overhead, you can report it to the American Meteor Society on its website at fireball.amsmeteors.org. This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: Meteor, bright ...
Its affiliates observe, monitor, collect data on, study, and report on meteors, meteor showers, meteoric fireballs, and related meteoric phenomena. The society publishes observations and scientific interpretations quarterly in Meteor Trails, The Journal of American Meteor Society.
A large fireball lit up the skies over large portions the U.S. and Canada Monday evening. The American Meteor Society reported 436 sightings of the fireball, which was seen from northern Michigan ...
These fireballs are “brighter than any star or planet in the sky,” said Robert Lunsford, the fireball report coordinator for the American Meteor Society. Like human-made fireworks, fireballs ...
Several hours later, at 16:44 UTC, a report arrived from southern Botswana to the American Meteor Society that an exceptionally bright fireball had been spotted. Although this was further west than projected based on the initial observations, the timing and location were consistent, although substantiated by just one observer.
Nearly two dozen witnesses have reported seeing a fireball over Florida’s west coast around 9 p.m. on Sunday, March 12, and some acted fast enough to get video.. The American Meteor Society says ...