Meteor/meteorite made a big boom this morning!

[Andy Resnick]

https://apnews.com/article/meteor-cleveland-fireball-astronomy-89d1cd3e060774ff897512cb811710d7

Made for interesting discussions in class today! Nearly everyone heard it, hardly anyone knew what caused it.

 

[DaveC426913]

Saw that, pretty cool.

Just a three hour drive from me.

 

[DaveC426913]

Approx. 6ft diameter, 7 tonnes, moving at ~40,000mph..

Exploded about 30-40 miles above Valley City, OH with a force of about 250 tons of TNT.

The blue arrow is called the Chicken Little Trajectory, according to the legend.

https://fireballs.ndc.nasa.gov/skyf...erts&utm_campaign=NASASocial&linkId=920502932

Wow! it was reported all the way from Montreal, ON to Rockford IL to Williamsburg VA. A 600 mile radius!

 

[DaveC426913]

The farthest distance a sound was reported is 60miles away, due East, in Niles OH, just north of Youngstown.

I am dubious about the veracity of that report, since:
- the report said the sound was not delayed. Makes me wonder of it was just a nearby rumbly truck.
- several other reports at the same distance, and even closer, reported either 'no sound' (red) or 'unknown' (yellow).