A recent meteor has just streaked through the dark night sky over Vermont on Sunday this past March 7. This then created a spectacular light show and also caused Earth-shaking booms as it then burned through the whole atmosphere.
Meteor Vermont March 7 2021
The meteor's said explosive passage throughout the atmosphere reportedly released a whopping 440 pounds of TNT. This suggested that the meteor was most likely around 10 pounds and 6 inches in diameter. This was according to the NASA Meteor Watch and what information they gave regarding the meteor on Facebook.
The particular space rock then smacked into Earth's atmosphere at an estimate of around 42,000 mph. This was according to the estimation of NASA. It had then appeared over the state's northern part to be a bright type of fireball at 5:38 PM EST. This was just before the sunset started setting.
Bright light in the sky moving fast WCAX
WCAX3, a local news station, reported that they had been receiving calls coming from all over the state even after the said event. It was said that the people from Vermont then described it as a somewhat loud boom as well as being a "body-rattling vibration" as the meteor reportedly passed overhead.
According to an article by LiveScience, a commenter, Chris Hrotic, wrote on the initial post that NASA had uploaded to Facebook regarding the event saying the commenter was fortunate enough to be able to hear and see it along the Missisquoi River located at the Missisquoi Wildlife Refuge in Swanton, VT, some time just before sunset.
Update on last night's Vermont fireball: A solution based on over 100 eyewitness reports does not significantly change... Posted by NASA Meteor Watch on Monday, 8 March 2021
He then noted that there was no loud boom found just like how the others had reported, but the commenter experienced a rushing sound that actually made the commenter look up at exactly the right moment. The commenter then noted that it was absolutely spectacular as well as extremely bright.
In addition to Vermont, people also reported seeing it in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and the Canadian province of Québec.
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Meteor 'shower' vermont
Based on the recent eyewitness accounts, it was estimated by NASA themselves that the fireball had first appeared around 52 miles somewhere over Mount Mansfield State Forest located just east of Burlighton which is known as the state's largest city.
It then reportedly progressed 33 miles northeast directly towards the Canadian border. It then disappeared 33 miles above the ground somewhere south of the town called Newport.
NASA notes that the shock wave was actually a result of something called "meteor fracturing" due to the pressure that it received in the atmosphere. This particular bowling ball-size chunk of another larger parent asteroid reportedly moved at around 55 times the speed of sound directly through the atmosphere. Pressure was then reportedly built up in front of it and caused a vacuum to form behind it. Eventually, it was said that the stress of the differential then caused the rock to explode.
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Written by Urian Buenconsejo