Meteor procession
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A meteor procession is the term used to describe when an Earth-grazing meteor
breaks apart, and the fragments travel across the sky in the same path. (see also List of Earth-crossing minor planets) According to physicist Donald Olson, only a few occurrences are known, including:
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breaks apart, and the fragments travel across the sky in the same path. (see also List of Earth-crossing minor planets) According to physicist Donald Olson, only a few occurrences are known, including:
- Great Meteor of August 18, 1783Great Meteor of August 18, 1783The Great Meteor of August 18, 1783 was an unusually bright bolide observed from the United Kingdom at a time when such phenomena were not well understood...
- Meteor Procession of July 20, 1860; Donald Olson believes this was the event referred to in the poem Year of Meteors, 1859-60, by Walt WhitmanWalt WhitmanWalter "Walt" Whitman was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse...
- Meteor Procession of February 9, 1913Meteor procession of February 9, 1913The meteor procession of February 9, 1913, was a unique meteoric phenomenon reported from locations across Canada, the north-eastern United States, Bermuda and from several ships at sea, including one off Brazil, giving a total recorded track of some 5659 miles...
, a chain of slow, large meteors moving from northwest to southeast, is sighted over North America, particularly in Canada.
See also
- Bolide
- Comet breakup
- Earth-grazing fireballEarth-grazing fireballAn Earth-grazing fireball is a small solar system body that enters the Earth's atmosphere and leaves again. If it starts to break up in the atmosphere it can become an Earth-grazing meteor procession, and some fragments may impact the Earth...
- Green fireballsGreen FireballsGreen fireballs are a type of unidentified flying object which have been sighted in the sky since the late 1940s . Early sightings primarily occurred in the southwestern United States, particularly in New Mexico...
- meteor showerMeteor showerA meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate from one point in the night sky. These meteors are caused by streams of cosmic debris called meteoroids entering Earth's atmosphere at extremely high speeds on parallel trajectories. Most meteors are smaller...
- The Great Daylight 1972 FireballThe Great Daylight 1972 FireballThe Great Daylight 1972 Fireball was an Earth-grazing meteoroid which passed within of the surface of the Earth at 20:29 UTC on August 10, 1972. It entered the Earth's atmosphere in daylight over Utah, United States and passed northwards leaving the atmosphere over Alberta, Canada...
- List of Earth-crossing minor planets
- Forensic astronomyForensic astronomyForensic astronomy is the use of astronomy – the study of celestial objects – to determine past celestial constellations. This has been used, if relatively rarely, in forensic science and for resolving historical problems more generally, notably issues in art history.-Forensic science:As a...
- Unidentified flying objects