Name: Fireball seen over UK confirmed as meteor after day of confusion
Uploaded: 2022-09-16T22:05:25+00:00
Duration: 1 min 20 s
Description: A fireball seen over many parts of the northern UK has been confirmed as a meteor after a day of confusion about its identity. The fireball was visible above northern England, Northern Ireland and Sco

1 year ago

A fireball seen over many parts of the northern UK has been confirmed as a meteor after a day of confusion about its identity.

The fireball was visible above northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland as it blazed across the clear night sky just after 10pm on Wednesday night.

It travelled 300km above Wales, the Irish Sea and Belfast before crashing into the Atlantic near Islay, according to new calculations by the UK Meteor Network.

The network’s initial calculation suggested it was space junk that could have come from Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite programme. But it withdrew that theory after collecting more data.

John Maclean, an astronomer at the network, said: “We’ve analysed it from many more angles. It is definitely a meteor. Probably a small piece of an asteroid that’s broken off an asteroid. It came in at an asteroidal orbit.”

Hundreds of people across Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern parts of England spotted an unusual fireball lighting up the night sky Wednesday.

https://www.kcra.com/article/unusually-slow-moving-fireball-lights-up-the-night-sky-across-scotland/41232675

https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/15/europe/fireball-scotland-scn/index.html

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/sep/15/fireball-seen-over-uk-confirmed-as-meteor-after-day-of-confusion

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