Meteor Fireball Sighted Over Edmonton, Canada

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In Madrid, Spain, three years ago I saw one of this when I was driving to home with some friends in the night. It was shocking, I never thougt I could see one of them during my live
 
I have seen something similar somewhere in mid-nineties over north Poland, but it wasn't completely dark yet and meteor was far and high, so not that bright.
 
LURCH said:
Have any fragments been found?

It would certainly seem that there would be an impact point given the illumination all the way to the ground.
 
"The Edmonton Sun reports that fragments may have landed in central Saskatchewan. Scientists have begun searching and reviewing footage from Web cams"
Philosphically - if a rock falls in central Saskatchewan does anyone care?
 
mgb_phys said:
Philosphically - if a rock falls in central Saskatchewan does anyone care?

Depends on the size of the rock that lands...:biggrin:

Most impressive, must have made quite a dent where it landed. Any idea how big it mnust have been - must be quite large to get so bright and survive the journey through thge atmosphere?

TFM
 
TFM said:
Most impressive, must have made quite a dent where it landed. Any idea how big it mnust have been - must be quite large to get so bright and survive the journey through thge atmosphere?
Not an expert but I think they can appear brighter if they break up into pieces but stay on the same course. Your eye registers the size * brightness of a cluster of unresolved points.
 
Just saw a news update and the still haven't foudn any fragments. They are asking owners of local service stations, and other places that have serveilance cameras, to keep there tapes. They hope to use the different angles to triangulate a probable location for the debris field. Add to that the fact that th erock appeared to be flaming on the way down, and there was some snow on the ground that night (which would leave large indentations), they should be able to find some bits pretty quick. There will certainly be pelnty of people searching; those frags can be worth a lot of money.
 
http://www.ucalgary.ca/news/november2008/meteorite

Interesting article over at the University of Calgary. It seems to have been about 10t when it 1st hit the atmosphere. They are looking for pieces the size of a football.
 
Just saw it on the news a couple days ago (my 'puter crashed and I just got back online today); they have found the debris field and retieved several frags already.