Guest guest Posted November 23, 2008 Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 Bright Meteor Seen Over Western Canada November 21st, 2008 Bright Meteor Seen Over Western Canada Written by Atkinson If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Images of the meteor. Credit: SpaceWeather.com A bright fireball lit up the sky over parts of Canada and was probably a meteor which may have hit the ground in central Alberta. Reports from all over western Canada said the bright flashes occurred at 5:30 pm MST on Nov. 20. The bolide split the evening sky and fragmented during a series of booming explosions. The image above is from a video taken by Andy Bartlett, who recorded the event from a 10th-floor apartment in Edmonton, Alberta with his Canon A510. Watch the movie here. "The brilliant fireball appeared to be closer than the airplane in the upper right corner of this video," said Bartlett. Another video was taken by a serendipitously placed surveillance camera. See a news report from a Canadian television station here. So what was this object? The possibility of the object being part of a Russian rocket has been ruled out, but astronomers say it will take time for experts to work through videos and photos to find out what exactly occurred. Astronomers need views of the event from at least two sites to triangulate where a meteorite might have hit and where any small pieces could possibly be found. However, it may have burned up completely in the atmosphere. One educator said the object was probably no bigger than the size of a grapefruit as it entered Earth's atmosphere, probably traveling about 60 km per second. Sources: Space Weather , MSN newsTell me and I'll forget Show me and I may remember Involve me and I'll understandsending healing and soulful messages from the angels of mystic I'm following the rainbow of lovewritten by jenny'smedicine man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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