![]() NASA says car-sized meteor hits Earth's atmosphere and burns up pretty much every year, so the one sighted yesterday was certainly smaller and hardly a threat no matter where it came from. Days after a fireball rattled Mississippi houses and was spotted in nearby states, NASA has confirmed fragments of the meteorite have been found in the Magnolia State. The difference between a meteor and an asteroid lies in whether the chunk is orbiting the Sun or streaming towards Earth's surface. According to a Live Science post about the asteroid that nearly made impact, it only skimmed by our planet at a planetary hair's breadth of 2 million miles away. NASA confirmed Thursday that more than 30 people in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi reported seeing the exceptionally bright meteor in the sky around 8 a.m. The timing is striking - that's the same day scientists had said last week that a huge asteroid the size of the Empire State Building would narrowly miss hitting Earth. A loud boom prefaced a streaking fireball spotted in three Southern states. "I thought the dinosaurs was coming back for us." Too Close The American Meteor Society and Mississippi Emergency Management Agency reported receiving reports of a loud sound across Louisiana and Mississippi on Wednesday, April 27, around 8 a.m. "I saw this on my way home," one commenter responded. / 12:18 PM / CBS News Days after a streaking fireball was spotted in the skies over three Southern states, NASA scientists have confirmed that fragments from the meteor have been. The space object moved at a speed of 55,000 mph and broke into pieces as it entered the Earth’s atmosphere. Malary White with MSEMA said NASA had received roughly 40 calls from residents in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Many more residents of Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi didn't see the object, but heard it just fine. Under a post about the meteor made on Mississippi's statewide emergency management office, residents shared photos of what they saw overhead. Hours later it was confirmed that the loud boom was, in fact, a meteor. NASA is reporting over 30 people caught a glimpse of a fireball hurtling towards Earth. " generated an energy equivalent of three tons of TNT, which created shock waves," the post said.Īccording to an Associated Press report, one resident said the object was about the size of a basketball in the sky. The Claiborne County EMA post said the fireball was a meteor about a foot in diameter that weighed about 90 lbs. According to a Facebook post from local emergency management services in Mississippi, it was followed by a loud boom as well. ![]() ![]() More than 30 people in three Southern states reported seeing a bright fireball shooting through the sky Thursday morning. "I thought the dinosaurs was coming back for us." Southern Heat
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