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Meteor Over The Gulf
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seagrovegirl
Beach Fanatic
Interesting, saw what we thought was a shooting star about that time last night in Navarre. Is a shooting star a meteor?
meteor shower
750 Meteors Per Hour Expected in Stunning Shower - FoxNews.com
maybe it was one of these
we see lots of shooting stars before, but nothing like last night - it was big!
750 Meteors Per Hour Expected in Stunning Shower - FoxNews.com
maybe it was one of these
we see lots of shooting stars before, but nothing like last night - it was big!
meteor definitions
Courtesy of Wikipedia: "A meteoroid is a sand- to boulder-sized particle of debris in the Solar System. The visible path of a meteoroid that enters Earth's (or another body's) atmosphere is called a meteor, or colloquially a shooting star or falling star. If a meteoroid reaches the ground and survives impact, then it is called a meteorite. Many meteors appearing seconds or minutes apart are called a meteor shower. The root word meteor comes from the Greek mete?ros, meaning "high in the air"."
Last night's then wasn't a meteorite since it fizzled before it landed.
Courtesy of Wikipedia: "A meteoroid is a sand- to boulder-sized particle of debris in the Solar System. The visible path of a meteoroid that enters Earth's (or another body's) atmosphere is called a meteor, or colloquially a shooting star or falling star. If a meteoroid reaches the ground and survives impact, then it is called a meteorite. Many meteors appearing seconds or minutes apart are called a meteor shower. The root word meteor comes from the Greek mete?ros, meaning "high in the air"."
Last night's then wasn't a meteorite since it fizzled before it landed.
A lot of USAF meteors over the gulf.
yeah - could have been like the ufos over the bay-
hope it was mother nature though
Mango
SoWal Insider
What you most likely saw was a fireball. They are meteors. They are spectacular and you never forget them. I saw one in February and I gasped because it was so large. What I actually saw was probably a bolide, which is a brighter fireball.
The American Meteor Society
Thanks for the link! Good information about increasing your odds of seeing meteors. We've tried before on shower dates without much success - just got lucky last Friday.
Will B
Moderator
You would be surprised how often you can see them if you try. This was taught to me my an amature astronomer...
Find a nice dark place with little to no light pollution.
Get comfy on a lounge chair or pad and stare straight up.
Don't look around for them. Looking straight up give you a veiw of the atmsphere at its thinnest point relative to you.
When one comes along, you will see it in your peripheral vision, and your eye will automatically move right to it.
On an average night you should see one every 2-3 minutes. Most are small, but some are really long.
The one part that I find cool is that my brain tells me there should be some sort of noise associated with it despite the fact that they are silent...
Find a nice dark place with little to no light pollution.
Get comfy on a lounge chair or pad and stare straight up.
Don't look around for them. Looking straight up give you a veiw of the atmsphere at its thinnest point relative to you.
When one comes along, you will see it in your peripheral vision, and your eye will automatically move right to it.
On an average night you should see one every 2-3 minutes. Most are small, but some are really long.
The one part that I find cool is that my brain tells me there should be some sort of noise associated with it despite the fact that they are silent...
