Early Saturday morning, a fireball streaked across the sky over Ontario, Canada, zipping by the iconic CN Tower in Toronto. It entered the atmosphere at approximately 3:27 a.m. EST and was detected in images taken atop Mount Lemmon Survey near Tucson, Arizona,
~1-m space object – temporary designation #C8FF042 – strikes Earth over Canada, creating stunning #fireball☄️
For only the 6th time in history, this impact was predicted.
Find out more about predicting #asteroid impacts from the last time this happened 👉https://t.co/zwPKXeUEUl https://t.co/XbDqtiDuom pic.twitter.com/5yHGWibSki
— ESA Operations (@esaoperations) November 19, 2022
This phenomenon typically refers to a meteor brighter than the planet Venus in the morning or evening sky, and on Saturday, the American Meteor Society received 33 such reports from people in New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Ontario, Canada. Some people residing in the latter said they first heard a loud boom and after checking their doorbell camera, a bright fireball was spotted.
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When these things happen, the astronomy community wants to know where the impact took place and, if meteorites survived, they want to recover them as soon as possible,” said Mike Hankey, operations manager for the American Meteor Society.
Heard a big explosion last night and found this on our camera this morning! #meteor pic.twitter.com/ILtIQWSbp8
— Sarah Gorsline (@SarahGorsline) November 19, 2022
