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Indianapolis Star
8 hours ago
- Climate
- Indianapolis Star
Video captures rare daytime fireball that may be meteorite, officials say
A fireball seen across the South on June 26 might have been a been a meteorite, according to the National Weather Service. The NWS office in Charleston, South Carolina said in a post on X that there "were many reports of a fireball" and "that the satellite-based lightning detection shows a streak within cloud free sky over the NC/VA border." The Newton County Sherriff's Office in Georgia said in a Facebook post that they were notified by the NWS that the fireball was likely a meteor. "They believe more could possibly be on the way," the department said. The American Meteor Society logged 142 witness reports of a fireball in the region Thursday, mainly in northeastern Georgia and western South Carolina, at around 12:21 p.m. ET. Dashcam footage appears to have caught the astral event, with Kathryn Farr of South Carolina calling it "not something you see everyday" in a post on Facebook sharing the video. The spotting of a fireball in the daytime is a rare event, according to the American Meteor Society. A meteor must be brighter than approximately magnitude -6 – which is brighter than the planet Venus in the night sky – to be noticed in blue skies and must be even brighter when nearer to the sun.
USA Today
8 hours ago
- Climate
- USA Today
Video captures rare daytime fireball that may be meteorite, officials say
A fireball seen across the South on June 26 might have been a been a meteorite, according to the National Weather Service. The NWS office in Charleston, South Carolina said in a post on X that there "were many reports of a fireball" and "that the satellite-based lightning detection shows a streak within cloud free sky over the NC/VA border." The Newton County Sherriff's Office in Georgia said in a Facebook post that they were notified by the NWS that the fireball was likely a meteor. "They believe more could possibly be on the way," the department said. The American Meteor Society logged 142 witness reports of a fireball in the region Thursday, mainly in northeastern Georgia and western South Carolina, at around 12:21 p.m. ET. Dashcam footage appears to have caught the astral event, with Kathryn Farr of South Carolina calling it "not something you see everyday" in a post on Facebook sharing the video. How often are fireballs seen during the day? The spotting of a fireball in the daytime is a rare event, according to the American Meteor Society. A meteor must be brighter than approximately magnitude -6 – which is brighter than the planet Venus in the night sky – to be noticed in blue skies and must be even brighter when nearer to the sun. The society says that experienced observers may see about one fireball bright enough to be spotted in the day for every 200 hours of meteor observing.
