{"id":787786,"date":"2024-08-24T16:36:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-24T21:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=787786"},"modified":"2024-08-24T16:36:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T21:36:51","slug":"bright-fireball-over-michigan-third-in-the-u-s-within-24-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=787786","title":{"rendered":"Bright fireball over Michigan \u2014 third in the U.S. within 24 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A bright fireball streaked through the night sky over Michigan at around 04:15 UTC on August 23, 2024 (23:15 LT, August 22), and was witnessed by residents across the states of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, and New York, along with those in Ontario, Canada.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the third bright fireball event in the United States over the past 24 hours. The first one was recorded at 01:43 UTC over Kentucky, where it was observed by multiple witnesses across the region. The second fireball in the series was the one over Michigan at 04:15 UTC while the third fireball occurred at 11:13 UTC, illuminating the early morning sky over Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, and Minnesota.<\/p>\n

The latest reported fireball was detected by specialized cameras operated by NASA\u2019s Fireball Network and the Southern Ontario Meteor Network (SOMN).<\/p>\n

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According to the available data, the meteor first became visible at an altitude of 100 km (62 miles) above Rose City, Michigan.<\/p>\n

The object moved southeast at a speed of 83 500 km\/h (52 000 mph), covering a considerable distance before disintegrating at an altitude of 68 km (42 miles) above County Highway F-24, near Stylus Lake, Michigan.<\/p>\n

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The trajectory of a fireball over Michigan on August 23, 2024. Credit: MEO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Despite its brightness, the fireball was not bright enough to be detected by space-based instruments, NASA\u2019s Meteoroid Environment Office (MEO) said.<\/p>\n

However, it was sufficiently intense to saturate the meteor cameras on the ground.<\/p>\n

The meteor\u2019s orbit has been analyzed, and it is believed that the object responsible for the fireball was a fragment from a short-period comet, a type of comet that orbits the Sun in less than 200 years.<\/p>\n

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1<\/sup>\u00a0Bright fireball over Wisconsin \u2013\u00a0NASA\/MEO\u00a0\u2013 August 23, 2024<\/p>\n

Featured image credit: NASA\/MEO<\/em><\/p>\n

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