{"id":1302,"date":"2013-03-23T15:33:53","date_gmt":"2013-03-23T15:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1302"},"modified":"2013-03-23T15:43:49","modified_gmt":"2013-03-23T15:43:49","slug":"bright-fireball-meteor-seen-over-much-of-the-us-east-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1302","title":{"rendered":"Bright fireball meteor seen over much of the US East Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A large bright meteor over the US East Coast on Friday evening got lots of attention:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cosmiclog.nbcnews.com\/_news\/2013\/03\/23\/17421804-reports-about-east-coast-meteor-flood-in-setting-off-a-media-scramble\" target=\"_d\">Reports about East Coast meteor flood in, setting off a media scramble &#8211; Cosmic Log<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wusa9.com\/news\/article\/250578\/158\/CAUGHT-ON-TAPE-Meteor-Lights-Up-Night-Skies\" target=\"_d\">Meteor Spotted In DC Area Skies on Friday Evening &#8211; wusa9.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amsmeteors.org\/2013\/03\/eastern-usa-fireball-march-22-2013\/\" target=\"_d\">Eastern USA Fireball March 22, 2013 &#8211; American Meteor Society<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amsmeteors.org\/2013\/03\/update-for-march-22-2013-northeast-fireball\/\" target=\"_d\">Update For March 22, 2013 Northeast Fireball &#8211; American Meteor Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amsmeteors.org\/fireball_event\/2013\/667\" target=\"_d\">AMS Event #667 &#8211; American Meteor Society <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This video offers three views of the fireball from a parking lot webcam:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><object id=\"flashObj\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"videoId=2246198717001&amp;playerID=1685956553001&amp;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAABvaL9Hk~,mLC66bU8hPOBGO8BPO1coBAeF5n-gkxo&amp;domain=embed&amp;dynamicStreaming=true\" \/><param name=\"base\" value=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" \/><param name=\"seamlesstabbing\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"swLiveConnect\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9?isVid=1&amp;isUI=1\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"videoId=2246198717001&amp;playerID=1685956553001&amp;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAABvaL9Hk~,mLC66bU8hPOBGO8BPO1coBAeF5n-gkxo&amp;domain=embed&amp;dynamicStreaming=true\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"swliveconnect\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"pluginspage\" value=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/shockwave\/download\/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a view from a security camera in Thurmont, MD:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U6_FVe1QyJw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Meteors happen somewhere over earth at a fairly frequent rate. Fireballs, i.e. meteors brighter than Venus, are also more frequent that many assume. Here are a couple of sites that post daily reports on such events:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amsmeteors.org\/\" target=\"_d\">American Meteor Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_d\">The Latest Worldwide Meteor \/ Fireball Reports<\/a>\u00a0 at <a href=\"http:\/\/lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com\/2013\/03\/breaking-news-mbiq-detects-nj-md-dc-vt.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LatestWorldwideMeteor%2FmeteoriteNews+%28Latest+Worldwide+Meteor%2FMeteorite+News%29\" target=\"_d\">Latest Worldwide Meteor\/Meteorite News <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A large bright meteor over the US East Coast on Friday evening got lots of attention: Reports about East Coast meteor flood in, setting off a media scramble &#8211; Cosmic Log Meteor Spotted In DC Area Skies on Friday Evening &#8211; wusa9.com Eastern USA Fireball March 22, 2013 &#8211; American Meteor Society Update For March &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1302\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bright fireball meteor seen over much of the US East Coast<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-space-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-l0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6792,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6792","url_meta":{"origin":1302,"position":0},"title":"Meteor watching: Bright fireball seen over New Mexico","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 6, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"An entry at\u00a0Latest Worldwide Meteor\/Meteorite News\u00a0reports on a big fireball over New Mexico. 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