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It's believed that this particular sighting could be part of the Eta Aquariids which were spawned by Halley's comet. EarthSky.com writes:
Because Comet Halley has circled the sun innumerable times over countless millennia, cometary fragments litter its orbit. That's why the comet doesn't need to be anywhere near the Earth or the sun in order to produce a meteor shower. Instead, whenever our Earth in its orbit intersects Comet Halley's orbit, cometary bits and pieces - oftentimes no larger than grains of sand or granules of gravel - smash into Earth's upper atmosphere, to vaporize as fiery streaks across our sky: meteors.While this brilliant sighting may be part of the Eta Aquariids, as SOTT's Fire In The Sky section has been documenting, fireball activity continues to increase with every passing year, and, throughout the year, at times when there isn't a known meteor shower occurring.
It so happens we intersect Comet Halley's orbit not once, but twice each year. In early May, we see bits of this comet as the annual Eta Aquariid meteor shower.
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This rare astronomical show happened just before 20:30 on Thursday evening.
In the video, taken by Clinton Kruger, a meteor is seen flashing through Pretoria's night skies.
i just saw a freaking falling star ❤️😭Speaking to Rekord, Kruger said it was astonished to see a shooting star in Pretoria.
- frafra (@Francinedoranxx) May 2, 2019
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Cornubia resident Shaun Pask said his West Coorang St house was rocked by the event which took place just before 6pm.
Mr Pask said he felt as if a large object had hit the roof of his house.
"My wife and I were inside when we experienced the house shuddering - it was so loud I could not image any handheld device could possibly create that amount of noise," he said.
"It was not a small object hitting a small part of the roof - it was like something fell from the sky and it landed on our whole roof at the one time.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Comment: Activity in our skies is really heating up: