{"id":777828,"date":"2024-02-26T09:07:53","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T14:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=777828"},"modified":"2024-02-26T09:07:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T14:07:53","slug":"bright-fireball-over-pennsylvania-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=777828","title":{"rendered":"Bright fireball over Pennsylvania, U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"


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A bright fireball streaked through the night sky over Pennsylvania, U.S. at around 23:48 UTC on February 21, 2024. Hundreds of people reported the event despite significant cloud cover.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over the next 4 days, the American Meteor Society (AMS) received 429 reports from users across multiple states, including Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Virginia, and Ontario.<\/p>\n

This event was also recorded by two cameras from the NASA Fireball Network, one camera from the Southern Ontario Meteor Network, and several other public cameras across the region.<\/p>\n

Despite widespread cloud cover that initially hindered visibility, the fireball became visible at an altitude of 61 km (38 miles) above the town of Syndersburg in Pennsylvania, traveling east-northeast at a speed of 48 280 km\/h (30 400 mph).<\/p>\n

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The fireball, identified as a small fragment of an asteroid, ultimately disintegrated 37 km (23 miles) above the ground, in the vicinity of wooded terrain just north of Hallton, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

The extensive cloudiness and haze at the time of the event obscured a precise assessment of both the fireball\u2019s brightness and the mass of the asteroid fragment responsible for the spectacle. This limited visibility posed challenges for a detailed analysis of the fireball\u2019s characteristics, leaving some aspects of this celestial event shrouded in mystery.<\/p>\n

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