On Saturday, at round 2:06 pm ET, a meteor streaked over the northeastern US and exploded north of Cape Cod Bay. The fireball was caught on digital camera by a number of folks, shook homes, and might even be seen clearly in satellite tv for pc imagery, lighting up the sky.
Some residents initially thought that the shaking and increase could have been an earthquake, however the USA Geological Survey (USGS) denied that, saying that it was a “broadly felt sonic increase from a suspected bolide.” In a press release posted on X, NASA described the occasion as a “vivid fireball… accompanied by a loud noise.”
The meteor was touring at roughly 75,000 miles per hour when, in keeping with NASA, it “seems to have fragmented at an altitude of 40 miles over northeast MA and southeast NH. The vitality launched at breakup is estimated to be equal to about 300 tons of TNT, which accounts for the loud noise.”
NASA’s deputy information chief Jennifer Dooren additionally informed AFP in a press release that, “This fireball was not related to any presently lively meteor bathe, however it was a pure object and never a re-entry of area particles or a satellite tv for pc.”
