[meteorite-list] Fireballs Seen In North Dakota Skies
Ron Baalke
baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov
Tue Sep 5 11:20:16 EDT 2006
http://www.kxmc.com/getARticle.asp?ArticleId=41086
Strange "Fire Balls" seen in ND skies
KXMBTV
September 4, 2006
Three large balls of fire.
So what were they?
According to a Bismarck man, they were mostly likely three parts
of the same meteor.
Here's what one of them looked like... a lot like a comet.
But William Pearce, who holds his PHD in Astronomy and teaches at
Bismarck State College says this was probably just one peice of
three from the same meteor.
It's not every day you see meteors falling from the sky.
But Pearce says most of the time, they break up as they're
falling into the atmosphere.
No worries according to Pearce.
Once they are in the atmosphere, they fall very quickly.
The fireballs seen about 8:30 this evening are already on the
ground.
Pearce says it's even possible the peices burnt up before ever
reaching the ground.
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