Fireball in Sky: Cause & Explanation

[EnumaElish]

Does anyone know the cause of the fireball in the sky last night? Was it a meteor?

http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/19162074

 

[Frame Dragger]

Does anyone know the cause of the fireball in the sky last night? Was it a meteor?

http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/19162074

No official news has been released yet, but given how long it was visible and how bright it was, it pretty much had to be. If it was an artificial sattelite, I would expect a shorter burn time, and I wouldn't expect the fragmentation seen. If it was comet I think we'd have seen it coming, and I'd expect something along the lines of the Tunguska event.

 

[Farquezy]

it was extremely bright for meteor in my opinions, all the meteors i have seen went much faster and weren't as bright

but i don't have much experience so my input is pretty invalid

 

[Borek]

https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=395760