NASA Detects Huge Meteor Entering The Atmosphere over the Mid Atlantic, Fireball July 18 2014

On the evening of July 17, 2014, a brilliant fireball streaked over the mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. Cameras operated by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center first picked up the fireball south of Petersburg, Virginia, at an altitude of 55 miles. The meteor was moving southeast at a speed of 32,000 miles per hour. The meteor was last seen by a North Carolina camera at an altitude of 37 miles above Earth, but the meteor undoubtedly penetrated lower into the atmosphere. At its brightest, the fireball was almost as bright as the first quarter moon, giving it a size around 7 inches in diameter and a weight of about 15 pounds. (NASA/MSFC/MEO)

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