Green fireball across the sky in Australia

#1

Post by gyosifov » Tue, Jun 16, 2020, 10:12 PM UTC

Re: Green fireball across the sky in Australia

#2

Post by monkeydreams » Wed, Jun 17, 2020, 12:00 AM UTC

> "and left experts struggling to explain it"?

I doubt that.

#3

Post by _sbrk » Wed, Jun 17, 2020, 12:17 AM UTC

Meteor with high copper content, since excited copper emits green light?

#4

Post by _bxg1 » Wed, Jun 17, 2020, 12:23 AM UTC

Don't meteors usually break up almost immediately?

#5

Post by dbuder » Wed, Jun 17, 2020, 1:10 AM UTC

_sbrk wrote: post #3

Meteor with high copper content, since excited copper emits green light?

High iron content apparently.

#6

Post by Joyfield » Wed, Jun 17, 2020, 3:39 AM UTC

_bxg1 wrote: post #4

Don't meteors usually break up almost immediately?

Not in 2020.

#7

Post by maxlamb » Wed, Jun 17, 2020, 4:34 AM UTC

_bxg1 wrote: post #4

Don't meteors usually break up almost immediately?

Not if it’s a grazer

#8

Post by 0xdeadb00f » Wed, Jun 17, 2020, 6:26 AM UTC

monkeydreams wrote: post #2

> "and left experts struggling to explain it"? I doubt that.

They then go on to explain it in the video.