Huge Fireball Over Italy.
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On Friday the 13th at around 10PM US eastern time, sonic
booms were heard across Kentucky, windows trembled and
buildings shook, and green fireballs exploded over the
state. Hours before in Italy, three fireballs were recorded
by astronomers. One, captured on video, was ten times
brighter than the full moon, and has sparked a scientific
meteorite hunt because of its size. Then, on Sunday at 11AM,
a fireball so bright that it could be seen easily in direct
sunlight shot across Austin, Texas, startling hundreds of
people running the Austin Marathon with a resounding sonic
boom.
Initially, it was thought that the wave of fireballs might
be from the recent collision between a US Iridium satellite
and a defunct Russian spy satellite on February 10, but NASA
astronomer Bill Cook of the Meteor Environment Office says
that the Kentucky object was definitely a meteor, and US
Space Command, which is monitoring the debris from the
satellite collision, says that none of it has as yet
re-entered the atmosphere.
Meteors strike earth every day, and many involve fireballs.
Most hit over the oceans and are not seen. On rare
occasions, there have been 'fireball storms,' but it is not
known whether or not this will turn into one. We'll be
watching the skies.
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