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(Photo from UKFAII – Markus Kempf)
Fireball
The fireballs are also known as bolides
when they explode in the atmosphere.
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A fireball is an unusually bright meteor that reaches a visual magnitude of -3 or brighter when seen at the observer’s zenith, the majority of fireballs possibly only last few seconds.
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Glossary of Astronomy – fireball
- a fireball is a very bright meteor that enters Earth’s atmosphere at high speed and burns up.
- typically about the size of a marble or larger and they produce a more extreme light as they enter the Earth’s atmosphere.
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What happens if you see a fireball?
- have you seen a fireball over the UK? ~ yes, report it!
- your reports help us calculate the trajectories of dust and rocks as they enter Earth’s atmosphere.
Link: The UK Fireball Alliance (UKFAll)
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