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Meteor fireball over New York and Ontario on September 9

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We received 11 reports about a fireball seen over NY and Ontario on Saturday, September 9th 2023 around 06:32 UT.

For this event, we received 2 videos.


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Meteor fireball over Denmark and nearby countries on September 7

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We received 72 reports about a fireball seen over Drenthe, England, Flevoland, Friesland, Groningen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Noord-Holland, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Overijssel, Utrecht, Västra Götaland County, Vlaams Gewest and Zuid-Holland on Thursday, September 7th 2023 around 20:07 UT.

For this event, we received one video and one photo.


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Meteor fireball over Florida and Georgia on September 4

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We received 75 reports about a fireball seen over FL and GA on Monday, September 4th 2023 around 04:10 UT.

For this event, we received 4 videos and 14 photos.


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Meteor fireball over New Jersey and nearby states on September 4

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We received 536 reports about a fireball seen over CT, DC, DE, MA, MD, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VA, VT and WV on Monday, September 4th 2023 around 01:23 UT.

For this event, we received 8 videos and 6 photos.


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Spectacular meteor fireball lights up entire night sky in Turkey on September 2

: Spectacular meteor flash lights up entire night sky in Turkey
Spectacular meteor flash lights up entire night sky in Turkey
A passerby has caught the moment a meteor flew across the sky in Turkey, causing green flashes of light.

Onur Kaçmaz, who was filming, was at a children's park in the evening when the dark sky put on a display of colour.

The clip was captured as it passed over the city of Erzurum and Gumushane Province in the east of the country.

Clouds appeared to be 'lit up' in the spectacular moment, thought to be caused by a meteoroid entering the Earth's upper atmosphere and heating up due to friction.


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Meteor fireball over Japan on August 30

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Meteor fireball blazes through night sky above Grimsby, UK on August 27

The meteor was spotted flying over people's homes in Grimsby
© Hayley JensenThe meteor was spotted flying over people's homes in Grimsby
The incredible moment a meteor blazed across the sky of a town in North England was captured on a mum's doorbell camera.

Hayley Jensen, 35, captured the footage of the fireball on her CCTV early on Sunday morning. In the footage, the blazing space rock is seen streaking across the sky at around 5am.

Hayley was leaving the house on her way to a car boot sale when she spotted a bright flashing light in the sky. When she checked the footage from her doorbell camera, she was shocked to see a fiery meteor hurtling over the rooftops.

The mum-of-one said: "It lasted about three seconds. At first I thought it was a firework but it was just a huge ball of light.


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Amateur astronomers spot new impact on Jupiter

This gas giant regularly absorbs hits from comets and asteroids, protecting inner solar system worlds.
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Jupiter just got smacked by a small celestial body, according to amateur astronomers.

The impact occurred at 1:45 a.m. Japan Standard Time on Aug. 29 (1645 GMT on Aug. 28). An account affiliated with the Organized Autotelescopes for Serendipitous Event Survey (OASES) project and Planetary Observation Camera for Optical Transient Surveys (PONCOTS) system posted about the event on X, formerly known as Twitter, alerting of a flash observed in Jupiter's atmosphere. The post also called on observers to check their own footage.

MASA Planetary Log later shared footage showing a brief burst of light coming from Jupiter that was associated with an apparent comet or asteroid impact. Another independent observation was made by a Chinese amateur astronomer in the city of Zhengzhou, Henan province, showing a flash in the same spot on Jupiter's dense, turbulent atmosphere.


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Meteor fireball over Irkutsk Oblast, Russia on August 29

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In Angarsk , Irkutsk region, an intercom camera captured video footage of a meteorite flying over the region. They are published by IrkutskMedia on its page on VKontakte .

The footage shows a celestial body that flies over a house in the Russian region and disappears behind it. This is accompanied by a light flash.

Director of the ISU Astronomical Laboratory Sergey Yazev , whose words are reported by RIA Novosti , considered that the celestial body was unlikely to have reached the earth - it most likely burned up in the atmosphere.

Prior to this, on April 7, an unknown object flew in the sky over the Ust-Kutsky district of the Irkutsk region and got on the video of outdoor surveillance cameras. City authorities suggested that it was a meteorite or a fragment from it. The fall of the meteorite was accompanied by a bright flash, some residents confused it with a rocket, which caused a little panic.


(Translated by Google)

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Meteor fireball over California, Arizona and Nevada on August 28

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We received 57 reports about a fireball seen over AZ, CA and NV on Monday, August 28th 2023 around 04:26 UT.

For this event, we received one video and one photo.