Lucky skywatchers were dazzled by a brilliant fireball that briefly lit up the night sky over Michigan and neighboring states on Tuesday (January 16, 2018) and caused the equivalent of a magnitude 2.0 earthquake, according to the United States Geological Survey.
The American Meteor Society has received 398 reports of the fireball, which happened at 8:10 p.m. CST (01:10 UTC). The fireball was seen primarily from Michigan but was also seen from Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri and Ontario (Canada). According to the American Meteor Society:
This was a very slow moving meteor – speed of about 28,000 miles per hour (45,000km/hour). This fact, combined with the brightness of the meteor (which suggests a fairly big space rock), shows that the object penetrated deep into the atmosphere before it broke apart (which produced the sounds heard by at least 77 observers). It is likely that there are meteorites on the ground near this region.
Here are some of the social media reports:
Who saw it? #michiganmeteor #meteor http://pic.twitter.com/sFf5Ld12Ff
— #CreativeMich (@CreativeMich) January 17, 2018
Did you see it? Dash cam by @z_lawler captures fireball meteor light up Michigan sky. http://pic.twitter.com/JvNXSQFtw1
— Kate Tillotson (@KateWWMT) January 17, 2018
Dashcam footage of the Michigan meteor that happened tonight: http://pic.twitter.com/R7QI7kHOtc
— Michigan Bests (@MichiganBests) January 17, 2018
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Lucky skywatchers were dazzled by a brilliant fireball that briefly lit up the night sky over Michigan and neighboring states on Tuesday (January 16, 2018) and caused the equivalent of a magnitude 2.0 earthquake, according to the United States Geological Survey.
The American Meteor Society has received 398 reports of the fireball, which happened at 8:10 p.m. CST (01:10 UTC). The fireball was seen primarily from Michigan but was also seen from Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri and Ontario (Canada). According to the American Meteor Society:
This was a very slow moving meteor – speed of about 28,000 miles per hour (45,000km/hour). This fact, combined with the brightness of the meteor (which suggests a fairly big space rock), shows that the object penetrated deep into the atmosphere before it broke apart (which produced the sounds heard by at least 77 observers). It is likely that there are meteorites on the ground near this region.
Here are some of the social media reports:
Who saw it? #michiganmeteor #meteor http://pic.twitter.com/sFf5Ld12Ff
— #CreativeMich (@CreativeMich) January 17, 2018
Did you see it? Dash cam by @z_lawler captures fireball meteor light up Michigan sky. http://pic.twitter.com/JvNXSQFtw1
— Kate Tillotson (@KateWWMT) January 17, 2018
Dashcam footage of the Michigan meteor that happened tonight: http://pic.twitter.com/R7QI7kHOtc
— Michigan Bests (@MichiganBests) January 17, 2018
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