{"id":124950,"date":"2024-11-12T11:18:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T04:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124950"},"modified":"2024-11-12T11:18:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T04:18:46","slug":"what-was-that-bright-fireball-seen-over-the-east-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124950","title":{"rendered":"What was that bright fireball seen over the East Coast?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Reports came into WTOP on Veterans Day from people in the wider D.C. area, describing seeing a meteor with a bright green tail. The American Meteor Society (AMS) has received, as of 8:25 p.m. EST Monday night, over 100 reports of a bright fireball \u2014 defined as any meteor brighter than the planet Venus.<\/p>\n<div id=\"Entry-content\">\n<p>Reports came into WTOP on Veterans Day from people in the wider D.C. area, describing seeing a meteor with a bright green tail.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paragraph-with-figure\">\n<figure class=\"article_featured_image right\" data-fancybox=\"\" data-src=\"#modal-post-featured-image\">\n                            <span class=\"zoom_icon\"\/><br \/>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/LEONID-2020-480x320.jpeg\"\/><figcaption>This bright Leonid meteor from November of 2020 wasn&#8217;t quite bright enough to be a fireball but was spectacular to see nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p>(WTOP\/Greg Redfern)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"modal-post-featured-image\" class=\"reveal-modal\" style=\"display:none;\" data-reveal=\"\" aria-labelledby=\"modalTitle\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"dialog\">\n<figure class=\"article_featured_image modal\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/LEONID-2020-780x520.jpeg\"\/><figcaption>This bright Leonid meteor from November of 2020 wasn&#8217;t quite bright enough to be a fireball but was spectacular to see nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p>(WTOP\/Greg Redfern)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsmeteors.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The American Meteor Society<\/a> (AMS) has received, as of 8:25 p.m. EST Monday night, over 100 reports of a bright fireball \u2014 defined as any meteor brighter than the planet Venus. Currently there are no meteor showers that are at their maximum peak of activity, although, some are ongoing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The fireball was seen as far north as Ontario and as far east as Ohio. It was also seen in these locations: Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia at an approximate time of 7:48 p.m. EST.<\/p>\n<p>\n    Sky Guy Greg Redfern speaks with WTOP&#8217;s Kyle Cooper about the fireball seen across the night sky in the DC area on Monday night<\/p>\n<p><!-- Audio tracking --><\/p>\n<p><!--\/\/ Audio tracking --><\/p>\n<p>AMS will review all of these related fireball sightings and ultimately produce a \u201cFireball Event,\u201d which details all of the sightings on a map showing the individual observers and the calculated flight path of the meteor.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of <a href=\"https:\/\/cneos.jpl.nasa.gov\/fireballs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fireballs \u2014 or pieces of cosmic debris \u2014<\/a> occur annually around the world, 24 hours a day. If a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/solar-system\/u-s-space-force-releases-decades-of-bolide-data-to-nasa-for-planetary-defense-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fireball fragments and sonic booms<\/a> are heard, the event is known as a \u201cbolide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you witnessed this event or see a fireball, it would help to <a href=\"https:\/\/fireball.amsmeteors.org\/\/members\/imo\/report_intro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report it to AMS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>Follow Greg Redfern on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/greg.redfern.906\"><span class=\"s1\">Facebook<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkyGuyinVA\"><span class=\"s1\">X<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and his\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatsupthespaceplace.com\/\"><span class=\"s1\">daily blog<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to keep up with the latest news in astronomy and space exploration.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"single-page__signature bottom\"><em style=\"font-size:16px;font-weight:600;\">Get breaking news and daily headlines delivered to your email inbox by signing up <a href=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/newsletter-signup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"single-page__signature bottom\">\u00a9 2024 WTOP. 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