Huge meteorite 28th October. Approx 18.57hrs

Macdarack · 28-10-2019 07:13PM #1

Anyone see this very impressive meteorite, amazing colour, huge light, orange and green in colour, looked like it was heading north east to south west. 3 second burn at least. Wow.

Ardfinnan2019 · 28-10-2019 07:37PM

Macdarack wrote: »

Anyone see this very impressive meteorite, amazing colour, huge light, orange and green in colour, looked like it was heading north east to south west. 3 second burn at least. Wow.

Hello, I saw it! I’ve never seen anything like it. I was heading for Ardfinnan after passing Cashel and it lit up the sky in front of me. My first thought was it was going to land out towards Cork! I clocked it just after 18:50 aswel. It’s funny because I was chatting to the kids this morning about Halley’s Comet and meteorites. Apparently there is a meteor shower tonight and tomorrow....it would be difficult to beat what I saw earlier tho!

gonker · 28-10-2019 07:57PM

Yes saw it over Drogheda too. Very impressive I was driving down the motorway. Typical my dashcam wasn't high enough to pick it out.

Four Phucs Ache · 28-10-2019 08:24PM

Yep saw that, was green and bright heading south west

PhiliousPhogg · 28-10-2019 09:03PM

I saw it from the car in Galway city centre, in a very lit up area. About 18.55. It was a burning green-yellow colour. It glided relatively slowly westward, slower than most meteorites, for 4/5 seconds. I assumed it was a firework a few hundred metres above ground, and I thought someone is incredibly irresponsible setting off a firework sideways across the houses like that! Glad I spotted this thread now

I have never seen a meteorite that big and prominent.

tayto lover · 28-10-2019 09:06PM

Oh my God !!! They’re here.

greasepalm · 28-10-2019 09:08PM

Aliens have landed?

utyh2ikcq9z76b · 28-10-2019 09:10PM

Saw it from the motorway at Newry, big discussion in the car about what it was, assumed it was fireworks but confused about trajectory

Keplar240B · 28-10-2019 09:10PM

The thread title , LOL, My heart is racing

tuxy · 28-10-2019 09:11PM

greasepalm wrote: »

Aliens have landed?

Raid Baldonnel airport.

Rhys Essien · 28-10-2019 09:11PM

Brilliant dashcam footage here.

https://twitter.com/linehansean/status/1188902772948852736?s=21

BDI · 28-10-2019 09:12PM

What direction do I need to look, north dublin

tuxy · 28-10-2019 09:13PM

BDI wrote: »

What direction do I need to look, north dublin

Never mind that, the time travel part of it will be your main concern.

Rhys Essien · 28-10-2019 09:31PM

More fantastic footage here.

https://twitter.com/hurricanesart/status/1188927930262577157?s=21

4068ac1elhodqr · 28-10-2019 09:35PM

It's new/black moon today, so ideal conditions to welcome in signs from the skygods upset with the Brexit.
Seen a similar yoke burning up back in 2011, lots of green colours (magnesium burning or something).
Also seen one crash into the moon when walking the dog one evening, gave off a bright flash.

Wonder if tonight's NEO was a bit of 2019 UD7?
It was locked in on an ‘Earth close approach” trajector for 10.28pm GMT.

There's also space rock due to fly by very early tommorow morning
(Asteroid UB8) will approach Earth from a distance of 0.00127 astronomical units (au).
It's also under 30ft so will just burn up if it gets too close while hobbling along at 23,600mph.

One of the best chances for splashdown is AG5 in 2040 (1:625).
Maybe wear a hat, and good (Cat4) sunglasses that day.

NASA estimates a car-sized asteroid collides with Earth about once a year, and a football field-sized space rock slams into the planet roughly once every 2,000 years.

tuxy · 28-10-2019 09:38PM

Kylie Orange Ballistics wrote: »

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NASA estimates a car-sized asteroid collides with Earth about once a year, and a football field-sized space rock slams into the planet roughly once every 2,000 years.

Any idea what size something has to be to put on a show like what we can see in the dash cam footage posted?
I imagine tiny and practically impossible to detect beforehand.

4068ac1elhodqr · 28-10-2019 09:44PM

tuxy wrote: »

Any idea what size something has to be to put on a show like what we can see in the dash cam footage posted?
I imagine tiny and practically impossible to detect beforehand.

Only something larger than 35 meters across can pose a threat, otherwise it simply burns up. Unless there was a huge flash, shockwave and tsunami imminent (there isn't), likely just to have been something rather small.

Say my name · 28-10-2019 09:49PM

Anyone any reports of any noise with this one?

The recent space junk was supposed to be heard over the northern half of the country.

fricatus · 29-10-2019 09:18AM

We were travelling from Kildare to Waterford on the M9 yesterday evening and my wife, who was driving, drew my attention to a "firework" visible in the southern sky. I just looked up in time to see the tail end of it, and it did look like a firework because I thought I saw it disintegrate before fading.

It was only a coincidence that I even found out it was a meteor. I had been checking Twitter and AA Roadwatch on my phone to see if the motorway was going to be closed up ahead because we kept on passing ambulances. :eek: Turns out there was a bad crash on the N80 near Ballon (not fatal thank goodness). But in between reports of the crash, someone mentioned a meteor, and when I followed that thread further, it was clear that it was visible right across the country.

My son asked me what size the piece of debris would have been. I guessed the size of a child's fist. Am I way off?

Retr0gamer · 29-10-2019 10:39AM

Saw this myself around that time just before 7pm. Was driving near Ballymahon and saw a orange light travelling across the sky which then lit up and streaked across it, even saw it break up a little. Was amazing, never seen anything like it.

Junkyard Tom · 29-10-2019 06:29PM

RTE News saying it probably disintegrated over Tipperary which can't be right as I was in Cork City and saw it to the south of my location presumably out over the Celtic Sea.

Macdarack · 29-10-2019 06:48PM

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

RTE News saying it probably disintegrated over Tipperary which can't be right as I was in Cork City and saw it to the south of my location presumably out over the Celtic Sea.

Same as that, I saw it travelling southish high over kerry and off towards the Atlantic.

uck51js9zml2yt · 29-10-2019 06:58PM

No one told me to look outside

amadain · 29-10-2019 09:38PM

Kylie Orange Ballistics wrote: »

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….There's also space rock due to fly by very early tommorow morning
(Asteroid UB8) will approach Earth from a distance of 0.00127 astronomical units (au)….It's also under 30ft so will just burn up if it gets too close while hobbling along at 23,600mph.....

Space Station
Time: Wed Oct 30 6:21 AM, Visible: 4 min, Max Height: 68°,
Appears: 15° above WSW, Disappears: 40° above E

amadain · 29-10-2019 09:44PM

https://amsmeteors.org/2019/10/meteor-activity-outlook-for-26-october-1-november-2019/

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000 · 29-10-2019 09:46PM

So where did it end up or do these things just burn up??

tuxy · 29-10-2019 10:13PM

Hunky Monster wrote: »

So where did it end up or do these things just burn up??

Burnt up I imagine only the large ones make it to ground.

MeteoritesEire · 02-11-2019 08:30PM

havent heard of any sound reports so it likely ended in the drink somewhere if any stones survived to the surface--the usual *rolls eyes* lol

Huge meteorite 28th October. Approx 18.57hrs

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