[meteorite-list] Possible Meteorite Spotted Over Philly

From: Meteorites USA <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 12:11:00 -0800
Message-ID: <4D598C54.5000202_at_meteoritesusa.com>

That, and being visible during daylight hours means it's a HUGE event.

Eric


On 2/14/2011 12:10 PM, actionshooting at carolina.rr.com wrote:
> If I remember correctly isn't 12:45 PM during the day time?? Just a few hours ago.
>
>
> ---- Mike Hankey<mike.hankey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for sending this out Phil.
>>
>> There have been over 20 reports to the AMS in the last hour about this.
>>
>> That is a lot of reports in a short amount of time for a night time
>> fireball, so it must have been pretty significant.
>>
>> I ran a quick plot on the AMS reports and it doesn't look good:
>>
>> http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/comets/daytime-fireball-makes-waves-in-philly-2011-02-14/
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 1:58 PM, JoshuaTreeMuseum
>> <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/local_news/021411-possible-meteorite-spotted-over-philadelphia
>>> Possible Meteorite Spotted Over Philly
>>> Fox 29 has received several reports of an object that resembled a meteor
>>> that has spotted in the sky near the Philadelphia Navy Yard facility.
>>>
>>> The incident happened before 12:45 p.m. ET, according to witnesses who
>>> called Fox 29. There are also reports on Twitter and Facebook about the
>>> incident.
>>>
>>> Fox 29 TV reporter Chris O'Connell also saw the object, which he described
>>> as "majestic" and "beautiful," at about 12:35 p.m. as he was driving on I-95
>>> near the airport.
>>>
>>> A Fox 29 viewer spotted the object at 12:36 p.m. in Delaware.
>>>
>>> There also have been several reports of similar occurrences today in
>>> Connecticut and New York.
>>>
>>> Meteorites are naturally occurring objects that originate in space and
>>> survive a fall through Earth's atmosphere. Most are remnants of asteroids or
>>> possibly comets.
>>>
>>> The Navy Yard facility is on the Delaware River, which is also used as a
>>> flight path to Philadelphia International Airport.
>>>
>>> The American Meteor Society track meteorite spottings but has not yet posted
>>> anything today in its Web site.
>>>
>>> If you saw the object, we could like you to contact our Newsdesk at
>>> fox29.newsdesk at foxtv.com.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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