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A meteor exploded in
the skies above
the US midwest on Friday, September 27, 2013.Witnesses report shadows cast upon
the ground, unusual sounds,
and a swirling contrail marking
the afterm
ath of
the blast. A NASA all-sky camera in Hiram, Ohio, recorded
the fireball
at 11:33 pm EDT:
"This was a very bright event," reports Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office. "Flares s
atur
ated our meteor cameras,
and made determin
ation of
the end point (
the terminus of
the fireball's flight through
the atmosphere) virtually impossible. Judging from
the brightness, we are dealing with a meter class object."
D
ata from multiple cameras shows th
at the meteoroid hit Earth's
atmosphere traveling 51 km/s (114,000 mph)
and passed almost directly over Columbus, Ohio. Cooke has prepared a preliminary map of
the ground track. According to
the American Meteor Society,
the fireball was visible from
at least 14 US st
ates.
GREENWOOD, IN (BAMCHASE.NET/CNN) -- A nighttime spectacle came on Friday th
at is not often seen -- a meteor so bright th
at it lit up
the night sky.
The meteor was captured on camera in Greenwood, IN on Friday.
