Never mind where and when, because it was so long ago and so far away. I was at a semenar in a park-like setting, the sun had gone down and it was getting darker. All of a sudden this small light in the sky,(it started out like a bright star and then it grew) started getting bigger, but it wasn't moving that I could tell. But all of a sudden it looked like it exploded, without making a sound.I thought that it was a meteor heading exactlly where I was and it burned up in the Earths atmosphere. Has this happened to anyone.what do you think it was?
2007-02-26 16:23:43 · 9 answers · asked by paulbritmolly 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
As you said, it could have been a meteor heading towards you. They're called "point meteors".
2007-02-26 20:14:36 · answer #1 · answered by Iridflare 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was more than likely the size of a grain of sand. One night I saw two that seemed to heading right toward me getting brighter and brighter and then shot to one side. One right after another. I heard a couple of weeks later that two meteors had crashed in or around russia apparently large enough to impact during that same time period..
2007-02-26 16:27:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be an old satellite, a meteroid, space junk, etc... If it's really really fast, it's from outer space. If you can see it for over 10 seconds, it's probably from our orbit. I've seen film of old satellites burning up and they move relatively slowly (17,000 mph) like the space shuttle does when it takes off.
2007-02-26 18:31:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. But I was driving in St. Louis once when I saw one burning up. Pretty cool. You're right, it sort of "puffs out" in the air and never lands.
2007-02-26 16:27:05 · answer #4 · answered by Don M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rosie O Donnell in roller skates,she can block the whole sun in the summer at high noon,that must have been one for the books
2007-02-26 16:34:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i don't know. perhaps it was firework? if it was a meteor, it burnts out as it reaches the atmosphere
2007-02-26 16:26:57 · answer #6 · answered by Chris N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was your drug-induced high wearing off. Or maybe an alien spaceship.
2007-02-26 16:26:18 · answer #7 · answered by treseuropean 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is possible. But your still here. Damn!
2007-02-26 16:34:29 · answer #8 · answered by oldmanwitastick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Substance abuse
2007-02-26 16:27:09 · answer #9 · answered by Cathy C 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋