{"id":786108,"date":"2024-07-20T05:47:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T10:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=786108"},"modified":"2024-07-20T05:47:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T10:47:59","slug":"bright-fireball-over-massachusetts-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=786108","title":{"rendered":"Bright fireball over Massachusetts, U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>A bright fireball was seen streaking through the night sky over the northeastern United States at 01:36 UTC on July 20, 2024 (21:36 EDT, July 19).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to NASA\u2019s Meteoroid Environment Office (MEO), numerous eyewitnesses in the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania have filed reports on the American Meteor Society (AMS) website of a bright meteor seen Friday night (LT).<\/p>\n<p>An analysis of these accounts, constrained by a few publicly accessible videos, shows that the fireball appeared at an altitude of 33 km (54 miles) above the town of Arnoldville, Massachusetts, moving northwest at 88 000 km\/h (55 000 mph).<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The trajectory of a bright fireball over Massachusetts, U.S. at 01:36 UTC on July 20, 2024. Credit: MEO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The meteor passed over the tristate intersection into New York, where it disintegrated 56 km (35 miles) above Schuylerville after traveling 74 km (46 miles) through the upper atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>This fireball was not a member of the Southern Delta Aquariid or Perseid meteor showers, according to Dr. Bill Cooke of MEO.<\/p>\n<p><em>If you have videos or more information about this event, please share them in the comments section below or reach out to us using our contact form. Thank you!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The event follows a rare daylight fireball over New York City on July 16, reported to the AMS by 60 people.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AMS event #3491-2024 caught from Northford US\" width=\"1110\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8yNPuSVe18o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>An even larger fireball, with an estimated magnitude of -19.5 was recorded over northeastern Brazil on July 13. This fireball was approximately 500 times brighter than the full moon and was compared by the Brazilian Meteor Observation Network (BRAMON) to a small nuclear bomb.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Uma pequena bomba at\u00f4mica! O qu\u00e3o brilhante foi o b\u00f3lido do dia 13 de julho? Um meteoro espetacular!\" width=\"1110\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MWawx4FELaM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-theme-palette-6-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-faa8c6a19dc8864276d84c17cc62dbaa\"><em>Featured image: Trajectory of Massachusetts fireball on July 20, 2024. Credit: MEO <\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"ultp-shortcode\" data-postid=\"170999\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-tabs alignnone\">\n<div class=\"kt-tabs-wrap kt-tabs-id170999_5cb0a9-ac kt-tabs-has-3-tabs kt-active-tab-1 kt-tabs-layout-tabs kt-tabs-tablet-layout-accordion kt-tabs-mobile-layout-accordion kt-tab-alignment-center kt-create-accordion\">\n<div class=\"kt-tabs-content-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-tab kt-tab-inner-content kt-inner-tab-1 kt-inner-tab_bb21d2-0d\">\n<div class=\"kt-tab-inner-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"ultp-post-grid-block wp-block-ultimate-post-post-list-3 ultp-block-924ff4\">\n<div class=\"ultp-block-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ultp-block-items-wrap ultp-block-row ultp-block-column-1 ultp-block-content-middle ultp-layout1\">\n<section class=\"ultp-block-item ultp-block-media post-id-186325\">\n<div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\">\n<div class=\"ultp-block-content\">\n<h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \">Very bright fireball explodes over Brazil with an impact energy of 1.5 kt<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"ultp-block-date\">Thursday, July 18, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"ultp-block-item ultp-block-media post-id-186277\">\n<div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\">\n<div class=\"ultp-block-content\">\n<h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \">Bright daylight fireball over New York City, U.S.<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"ultp-block-date\">Wednesday, July 17, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"ultp-block-item ultp-block-media post-id-186119\">\n<div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\">\n<div class=\"ultp-block-content\">\n<h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \">Bright green fireball over Turkey<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"ultp-block-date\">Saturday, July 13, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"ultp-block-item ultp-block-media post-id-185455\">\n<div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\">\n<div class=\"ultp-block-content\">\n<h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \">Bright fireball over North Carolina \u2013 Virginia border region<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"ultp-block-date\">Wednesday, June 26, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"ultp-block-item ultp-block-media post-id-185317\">\n<div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\">\n<div class=\"ultp-block-content\">\n<h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \">Meteor disintegrates over Dallas, seen in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"ultp-block-date\">Saturday, June 22, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"ultp-block-item ultp-block-media post-id-184348\">\n<div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\">\n<div class=\"ultp-block-content\">\n<h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \">Bright fireball lights up night sky over Spain, meteorites likely in Cuenca<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"ultp-block-date\">Thursday, May 30, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"ultp-block-item ultp-block-media post-id-184020\">\n<div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\">\n<div class=\"ultp-block-content\">\n<h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \">Bright green fireball over Montana, U.S.<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"ultp-block-date\">Thursday, May 23, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/watchers.news\/2024\/07\/20\/bright-fireball-over-massachusetts-u-s\/?rand=772151\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bright fireball was seen streaking through the night sky over the northeastern United States at 01:36 UTC on July 20, 2024 (21:36 EDT, July 19). According to NASA\u2019s Meteoroid&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":786109,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-786108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genaero"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=786108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/786109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=786108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=786108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=786108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}