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NASA tracks 47,000 mph fireball over North Carolina and Tennessee
NASA said a small asteroid fragment lit up skies over North Carolina and Tennessee on Thursday night, traveling about 47,000 mph before breaking up near Chattanooga.
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A bright meteor crossed skies over North Carolina and Tennessee on Thursday night at about 47,000 mph, according to NASA as reported by CBS News1.
NASA said the fireball first appeared about 50 miles above Robbinsville, North Carolina, then moved west into southern Tennessee and faded about 25 miles above East Ridge, near Chattanooga, in about 10 seconds1. Witnesses posted photographs, CBS News said, and NASA sky cameras in the region also recorded it1.
NASA analyzed footage from cameras at the Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville, Georgia, and others in Huntsville, Alabama, Tullahoma, Tennessee, and near the Tennessee-North Carolina border, CBS News reported1. The agency said the object was a small asteroid fragment about two inches in diameter and weighing six ounces1.
NASA describes fireballs as especially bright meteors, CBS News said, and stated this event was not part of the Taurid meteor shower, which is currently active1.
