{"id":787774,"date":"2024-08-24T10:30:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-24T15:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=787774"},"modified":"2024-08-24T10:30:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T15:30:53","slug":"very-bright-fireball-explodes-over-kentucky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=787774","title":{"rendered":"Very bright fireball explodes over Kentucky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>A very bright fireball streaked through the night sky over Kentucky at 01:43 UTC on Friday, August 23, 2024 (21:43 LT, August 22). The breakup unleashed an energy of about 10 tons of TNT, which generated a pressure wave that traveled to the ground.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 204 reports from Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>The event was also detected by several cameras in the region and the Geostationary Lightning Mappers on the GOES 16 and 18 satellites.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the currently available analysis, NASA\u2019s Meteoroid Environment Office (MEO) estimated the meteor first became visible at an altitude of 85 km (53 miles) above the town of Clementsville, Kentucky, moving slightly south of west at 82 100 km\/h (51 000 miles per hour).<\/p>\n<p>The object traveled about 48 km (30 miles) before disintegrating 48 km (30 miles) above the town of Exie.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Trajectory and heatmap of fireball over Kentucky at 21:40 UTC on August 23, 2024. Credit: AMS\/Google<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"924\" height=\"807\" src=\"https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kentucky-fireball-noaa-goes-east-satellitei-image-august-23-2024.webp\" alt=\"kentucky fireball noaa goes east satellitei image august 23 2024\" class=\"wp-image-187719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kentucky-fireball-noaa-goes-east-satellitei-image-august-23-2024.webp 924w, https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kentucky-fireball-noaa-goes-east-satellitei-image-august-23-2024-300x262.webp 300w, https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kentucky-fireball-noaa-goes-east-satellitei-image-august-23-2024-768x671.webp 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 924px) 100vw, 924px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fireball over Kentucky as seen by GOES-East satellite. Credit: NOAA\/GOES-East, RAMMB\/CIRA, The Watchers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AMS event #4582-2024 caught from Sadieville US\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eGqaHmhVVJQ?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<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alabama: Meteorite\/Bolide Seen Over Florence, AL #Fireball\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jacEseNXQeQ?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<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"August 22, 2024 Fireball\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Z7mcq4KdRs?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<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AMS event #4582-2024 caught from  US\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZzFBBXVNGZc?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<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 #4582-2024 caught from  US\" width=\"1110\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XbAgcWBa5F4?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<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AMS event #4582-2024 caught from  US\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zl6QXZQz5DY?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<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Meteor Lights the Sky\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P10xciChm2Y?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>This fireball was produced by a meteoroid about 50 cm (20 inches) in diameter, weighing roughly 181 kg (400 pounds).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe breakup of the fireball unleashed an energy of about 10 tons of TNT, which generated a pressure wave that traveled to the ground,\u201d MEO said.<\/p>\n<p>This wave is responsible for the noises heard by some eyewitnesses.<\/p>\n<p>References:<\/p>\n<p><sup>1<\/sup> Fireball event 4582-2024 \u2013 AMS \u2013 August 23, 2024<\/p>\n<p><sup>2<\/sup> Very bright fireball over Kentucky last night (Thursday, August 22) at 9:45 PM local time \u2013 NASA\/MEO \u2013 August 23, 2024<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-theme-palette-6-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1b22b60d96cf1752c22ce4049efd154c\"><em>Featured image credit: CannonSevereWx<\/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 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