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Fireball streaks across Texas sky
by Aileen Graef
Austin, Texas (UPI) Nov 10, 2014


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Residents of San Antonio saw a bright green light streak across the sky Saturday night, making it the possible site of a meteor.

Data compiled from NASA's camera images shows it is at least four feet wide and weighs 4,000 pounds and appeared five times brighter than the full moon.

"This was definitely what we call a fireball, which by definition is a meteor brighter than the planet Venus," Dr. Bill Cooke, lead for NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, told reporters. "This event was so bright that it was picked up on a NASA meteor camera in the mountains of New Mexico over 500 miles away, which makes it extremely unusual."

It dose not know exactly where it came from but it could have broken off from the North Taurid meteor shower which is known for producing bright meteors.

Major #Fireball over Texas - Videos, Trajectory, heatmap: http://t.co/mPaKE2oKDB #ams #citizenscience pic.twitter.com/SsZHwszIq5— AMSMETEORS (@amsmeteors) November 9, 2014

The National Weather service said there were no confirmed reports about a meteor landing on Earth.


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