[QUOTE]The American Meteor Society defines a fireball as a bright meteor, and also notes that several thousand meteors of fireball magnitude occur each day, though the vast majority of them appear over unpopulated areas. This particular fireball could be related to the meteor showers that are active in the early fall, including the Southern Taurids, which occur from September to November.
It appears possible that this fireball was technically a bolide, given the reports of a “flash” or “explosion.” A bolide is a very intense, bright fireball, that explodes in a flash of light as it ends. One observer near Bucyrus, Ohio, who reported the fireball to the American Meteor Society, writes, “at first I thought I was seeing a really nice trailing meteor, but as I watched it fall straight down it burst into a fireball (but I saw no fragmentation).”[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/09/15/bright-fireball-streaks-across-mid-atlantic-northeast-sky-sunday-night/[/url]
Is it just me, or does it seem like there is more meteor then usual getting into the atmosphere?
I know there are tons of them a year, but 'bigger' ones seem to be appearing more.
At least I have seen more of them in the news...
[QUOTE=TH3_L33T;45990162]Is it just me, or does it seem like there is more meteor then usual getting into the atmosphere?
I know there are tons of them a year, but 'bigger' ones seem to be appearing more.
At least I have seen more of them in the news...[/QUOTE]
We are all going to die, that's what you are saying right? PANIC!
Let's blow up a nuke there just in case to scare off other meteors.
[QUOTE=TH3_L33T;45990162]Is it just me, or does it seem like there is more meteor then usual getting into the atmosphere?
I know there are tons of them a year, but 'bigger' ones seem to be appearing more.
At least I have seen more of them in the news...[/QUOTE]
Probably not. The media has caught wind of them and they're probably just being reported more often.
[editline]15th September 2014[/editline]
Also, nuke it.
[QUOTE=TH3_L33T;45990162]Is it just me, or does it seem like there is more meteor then usual getting into the atmosphere?
I know there are tons of them a year, but 'bigger' ones seem to be appearing more.
At least I have seen more of them in the news...[/QUOTE]
[quote]The American Meteor Society defines a fireball as a bright meteor, and also notes that [b]several thousand meteors of fireball magnitude occur each day, though the vast majority of them appear over unpopulated areas[/b][/quote]
We're fine.
[QUOTE=FurrehFaux;45990312]Let's blow up a nuke there just in case to scare off other meteors.[/QUOTE]
Better call Bruce Willis, anyone got his number?
[QUOTE=TH3_L33T;45990162]Is it just me, or does it seem like there is more meteor then usual getting into the atmosphere?
I know there are tons of them a year, but 'bigger' ones seem to be appearing more.
At least I have seen more of them in the news...[/QUOTE]
It's easier to communicate that you saw it since you can #meteor or whatever.
[QUOTE=TH3_L33T;45990162]Is it just me, or does it seem like there is more meteor then usual getting into the atmosphere?
I know there are tons of them a year, but 'bigger' ones seem to be appearing more.
At least I have seen more of them in the news...[/QUOTE]
More people with phones /= more bigger stuff comming
I remember seeing a meteor like this but a slight bit less intense a couple weeks ago when me and my boyfriend were looking up at the stars a couple weeks ago, these are uncommon but they happen every now and again, nothing major.
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