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Meteor Fireball seen streaking through skies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Meteor Shower Tonight
Fri, 26 Apr 2019 20:08 UTC

Another big fireball was seen in Brazilian skies at 20:08 (23:08 UT) this Friday, April 26, 2019. This time, the bright meteor was reported in the north of Rio de Janeiro and east of Minas Gerais and recorded by BRAMON's cameras.

The space rock entered Earth atmosphere at an altitude of 80.8 Km over Rio das Flores, RJ, followed a northeasterly direction at a speed of 19.14 Km / s (68.9 thousand Km / h) before disappearing 5.67 seconds later, at an altitude of 38.4 Km over Argirita, MN.

Comment: Activity in our skies is really heating up:

Meteor fireball explodes over Costa Rica, possibly crashes into home (23rd April 2019)
'Green meteor' streaks across skies of northern Melbourne, Geelong, Australia Easter weekend (21st April 2019)
Dazzling meteor fireball spotted soaring over Washington DC area (16th April 2019)
A meteor fireball flies over the Mediterranean, falling off the Moroccan coast (14th April 2019)
Meteor fireball lights up the sky in the upper Midwest (14th April 2019)

Loud, home-shaking boom heard in Branson, Missouri area

KY3
Tue, 19 Mar 2019 17:30 UTC

Did you hear a boom Tuesday afternoon, too?

Several viewers from Branson to Mountain Home shared with us they heard a loud boom around 4 p.m. They also say the boom shook their homes.

Taney County Sheriff Jimmie Russell says his office received several calls throughout the county. He doesn't know exactly what it is. He believes it could be a sonic boom. As for what this is, when we find out, we'll let you know.

The Ozarks has a history with these type of 'booms.' When they happen, law enforcement say they receive 60 to 75 calls.

Comment: See also: Loud booms heard, felt in northern Arkansas and south central Missouri.

Meteor fireball explodes over Costa Rica, possibly crashes into home

Meteor Showers Tonight
Thu, 25 Apr 2019 00:45 UTC

A large meteor fireball exploded in the sky over Costa Rica on April 23, 2019 at 9:09pm.

People reported seeing flashes in the sky. Others reported hearing loud booms and feeling rumblings.

On the same evening a rock fell from the sky, making a hole in a roof in Aguas Zarcas, San Carlos, Alajuela. Now experts will analyse the rock to determine its origin. But I bet it is a meteorite!

The woman who found the space rock in her house explains she heard a loud rumble, went to the back of her house, discovered the hole in the roof and found the warm rock on the floor.

Now, cosmochemist (I am one of those :-)) will have to analyse the chemical composion of the rock to determine where this rock comes from... But it is ... the meteorite!

Comment: Just two weeks earlier, a bright meteor fireball was filmed streaking through Puerto Rico skies.

'Green meteor' streaks across skies of northern Melbourne, Geelong, Australia Easter weekend

Kathleen Jessop
Bay93.9
Sun, 21 Apr 2019 19:53 UTC

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While locals around Geelong and Wyndham have been enjoying their Easter break, some have experienced an extra special moment.

Following Good Friday's supermoon, a meteor was also seen darting across the sky on Easter Saturday.

The brief, but bright, event occurred around 6:53pm in the northern part of the Melbourne and Geelong sky.

So far, the newsroom can confirm it was seen in Glen Waverley and Werribee in Melbourne, as well as Mildura, Swan Hill and the Murray River.

'Loud bang' heard in Suffolk, England

Suzanne Day
Ipswich Star
Thu, 25 Apr 2019 11:49 UTC

A mystery bang left families in Claydon and Great Blakenham in shock last night - with some fearing it was the result of a crash on the A14 and others concerned there may have been an explosion.

But this morning, with those theories disproved, they have been left scratching their heads over what the loud bang could have been - and wondering if it could have been a sonic boom or even a 'skyquake'.

There have been further reports of another loud bang being heard in Martlesham and Kesgrave at around 8pm.

Harrison Cartwright, from Claydon, was at the doctors at 6.45pm when he heard the loud clash and then felt the room shake.

Officials baffled over loud, house-shaking boom heard in northern Ohio city

Dan DeRoos
WOIO
Thu, 18 Apr 2019 11:51 UTC

Several people in and around Elyria are talking about a deep, loud, house shaking boom that occurred Wednesday night, just after 9 p.m.

We checked with Elyria Fire who had no reports of any explosions.

Elyria Police did take a call.

"We received one call last night from a resident who lives in the southeast part of the city. We responded but were unable to determine what caused it," Elyria Police Chief Duane P. Whitely said. "We have no information on what caused the "boom.""

We also checked with Lorain County Dispatch and the only report of a loud noise they had last night was for loud music.

House-sized asteroid whizzes past earth

Hanneke Weitering
Space
Thu, 18 Apr 2019 17:21 UTC

An asteroid the size of a house gave Earth a close shave today (April 18), passing nearer to our planet than any other space rock will for the rest of this year - that is, as far as we know.

Named 2019 GC6, the asteroid was discovered by NASA's Catalina Sky Survey near Tucson, Arizona, just last Tuesday (April 9), nine days before it flew by Earth. The giant rock made its closest approach this morning at 2:41 a.m. EDT (0641 GMT), when it whizzed by our plant at a safe distance of about 136,000 miles (219,000 kilometers), or slightly more than half the average distance between Earth and the moon.

At the time, the asteroid was traveling at a relative speed of about 12,600 mph (20,300 km/h), according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. NASA estimated that the speeding space rock's diameter is "within a factor of two" of 49 feet (15 meters), which means it may be up to 98 feet (30 meters) wide.

Bright green meteor fireball streaks over northern Germany

Sott.net
Thu, 18 Apr 2019 07:10 UTC

Very bright meteor fireball over Germany on April 16, 2019.

A bright green fireball was seen and recorded streaking through the night sky above northern Germany on April 16, 2019 around 21:51 UT.

The American Meteor Society (AMS) received more than 60 reports of event 1774-2019 from Germany, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands.

A video was uploaded to AMS showing the event together with 1775-2019, which shows another bright meteor fireball blaze over the US east coast. AMS has received 417 reports of this event on Wednesday, April 17th 2019 around 02:57 UT.

Dazzling meteor fireball spotted soaring over Washington DC area

Sophia Barnes
nbcwashington.com
Wed, 17 Apr 2019 15:06 UTC

A meteor was seen along the U.S. East Coast on late Tuesday night

Hundreds of people in the Mid-Atlantic and New England reported they looked up on Tuesday night and saw a meteor hurtling through the skies.

The meteor soared over the D.C. area about 11 p.m., and the brilliant shine caught a lot of eyes.

Steve Chazin was driving from Virginia's Dulles Airport on Route 50 when his dashcam caught the sight: an illuminated orb flying through the skies, surrounded by a glow and backed by a tail.

The American Meteor Society had 325 reports of the celestial event pour in from Washington, D.C., and 11 states, including Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.

Comment: Additional footage of the event:

A meteor fireball flies over the Mediterranean, falling off the Moroccan coast

Latifa Babas
en.yabiladi.com
Wed, 17 Apr 2019 14:54 UTC

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On Sunday, a fireball was recorded by a Spanish platform that detects meteoroids. The rock was produced by a rock detached from an asteroid, a Spanish astrophysicist told Yabiladi.

On Sunday, April the 14th, a fireball was spotted near the Moroccan coast. The phenomenon was recorded in the framework of the SMART project (University of Huelva), created to detect meteoroids interacting with the Earth's atmosphere, Meteor News reported.

It was produced by a meteoroid from the Virginids that hit the atmosphere at about 65,000 km/h, the scientific platform added.

Speaking to Yabiladi on Tuesday, Spanish astrophysicist José María Madiedo who is part of the SMART project said that the fireball that flew over the Mediterranean «was produced by a rock detached from an asteroid.

Calar Alto registró bola de fuego sobre Mediterráneo esta madrugada 14 de abril. Se produjo al entrar en la atmósfera una roca procedente de un asteroide a una velocidad de 40 mil kilómetros por hora. Fue vista desde casi 500 kilómetros de distancia. Project Smart @jmmadiedo pic.twitter.com/Sv4sBGJEt9
— Amigos Calar Alto (@amigos_calar) April 14, 2019

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Fire in the Sky

Meteor Fireball seen streaking through skies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Loud, home-shaking boom heard in Branson, Missouri area

Meteor fireball explodes over Costa Rica, possibly crashes into home

'Green meteor' streaks across skies of northern Melbourne, Geelong, Australia Easter weekend

'Loud bang' heard in Suffolk, England

Officials baffled over loud, house-shaking boom heard in northern Ohio city

House-sized asteroid whizzes past earth

Bright green meteor fireball streaks over northern Germany

Dazzling meteor fireball spotted soaring over Washington DC area

A meteor fireball flies over the Mediterranean, falling off the Moroccan coast

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