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Rumbling meteor lights up Norway; part of it may have landed near Oslo

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Re: Rumbling meteor lights up Norway; part of it may have landed near Oslo

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Post by hanche »

astrophysics wrote: post #17
dmix wrote: post #4

Too bad there wasn’t a bunch of people driving with car cameras like in Russia, which turned out to be very useful during their meteorite event. This was also at 1am at night in a more rural area. Maybe more video will come out as this news spreads and people check security cameras.

That's because no one can afford to drive in Oslo any more. Every road is a toll road and there are no parking spaces any more.

That’s quite an exaggeration, though I understand how it can seem that way to some. Anyhow, it’s the middle of summer vacation, so lots if people are out of town. But more to the point, the meteor was visible over an area vastly bigger than Oslo. Even more to the point, dashcams aren’t that common in Norway, I think (though I have no data). In Russia, they are said to be very common as a defence from corrupt police and wrong claims of other drivers in case of accidents.

Re: Rumbling meteor lights up Norway; part of it may have landed near Oslo

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Post by chi_features »

Negitivefrags wrote: post #6

About 2 years ago there was a meteor around this size or maybe a little smaller that passed over Auckland, NZ. I was sitting in my spa pool looking up at the stars around midnight and it passed over head. Took about 30 seconds and went from one side of the sky to the other an left a huge streak of fire. There were a couple of posts on social media like “Did anyone see that giant fireball?” but no video footage or new…

I was lucky enough to witness it too.

I was driving down my street and I saw the world in front of me light up from a fireball in the sky accompanied by a loud roar. I had no reference as to what this was – a missile? A plane going down? Surely it was travelling too fast for those though.

As it passed over to the East I waited with tensed shoulders for what was to come next, I assumed a large impact or explosion, but thankfully exhaled after a few seconds and simply silence was what came next.

Remarkable experience!

Re: Rumbling meteor lights up Norway; part of it may have landed near Oslo

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Post by dalkvist »

ccsalvesen wrote: post #39
valiant-comma wrote: post #35

Anyone can report fireball sightings at the American Meteor Society website: https://www.amsmeteors.org/ Looks like this could be the event: https://fireball.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/event/2021/...

Here is the Norwegian Meteor Network's report on the event: http://norskmeteornettverk.no/meteor/20210724/230849/

Cool! I didn't think the tracking cameras was on during the summer. But I guess Southern Norway still have some dark hours.

Re: Rumbling meteor lights up Norway; part of it may have landed near Oslo

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Post by cs702 »

Cpoll wrote: post #28
cs702 wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had an identical experience while on the coast of the Mid-Atlantic US several years ago: a giant fireball flew over me for around half a minute, give or take. I was indoors looking at the sea at night through a large window. There was no sound I could hear from inside the room. I was so mesmerized by the meteor that it didn't occur to me to take my eyes off from it, you know, to grab my phone and record the whole t…

"Like Helios" maybe, but I think in Helios's case the 'chariot of fire' is carrying the Sun across the day's sky. As I recall from the myth, at night he sails (on water) from West to East to prepare for the next day. The story doesn't fit well with a fast-moving night-time meteor(ite).

You're right. Nonetheless, I do feel "chariot of fire" is an apt description that captures the magic of what I saw :-)

Re: Rumbling meteor lights up Norway; part of it may have landed near Oslo

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Post by cs702 »

pfdietz wrote: post #32
cs702 wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had an identical experience while on the coast of the Mid-Atlantic US several years ago: a giant fireball flew over me for around half a minute, give or take. I was indoors looking at the sea at night through a large window. There was no sound I could hear from inside the room. I was so mesmerized by the meteor that it didn't occur to me to take my eyes off from it, you know, to grab my phone and record the whole t…

If the fireball took half a minute (or seemed to) it was probably reentering spacecraft debris, like an upper stage. These are slower than meteors and tend to be going nearly horizontally, which extends their lifetime.

That makes a lot of sense. Yes, it could have been spacecraft debris.
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