Just a while ago I saw a very bright green light with a sparking tail going down at an angle very low. It went out completely just above the ground. I was probably 50 feet away at the time. Kind of eerie! I'm just curious as to what this could be, if anyone has seen anything similar.
2007-03-11 14:02:53 · 3 answers · asked by ortdar 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
This WAS a meteor! It was onthe news last night and this morning! I am so glad to have seen this!
2007-03-12 01:19:55 · update #1
Your description sounds very much like what a large meteorite called a bolide looks like as it streaks across the sky burning up as it falls toward the ground. Most meteorites are about the size of a grain of sand and make short dimmer streaks but a bolide is a larger rock that makes a much brighter streak often with pieces of it trailing behind it. I've watched many meteor showers but have never seen a bolide myself. You are very lucky to have seen one!
2007-03-11 14:25:38 · answer #1 · answered by Twizard113 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does sound like a meteor. A meteorite is a meteor that has landed. But it is very possible, since your meteor went out, that it completely vaporized before it could hit the ground.
2007-03-11 19:38:38 · answer #2 · answered by skepsis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-03-11 16:57:17 · answer #3 · answered by pimp_knuckles 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋