Fireballs Seen Over Regions Of Canada; Fireballs Seen Over Arkansas; Fireball Lights Up Eastern Seaboard; Comet Fragments Wows Stargazers [1]

Beforeitsnews.com - 5/29/13

‘Fireball’ is the name given to a meteor that appears to be brighter than Venus – one of the brightest planets in our sky, and a ‘bolide’ is a fireball that burns so bright that it can outshine the full moon. While spotting a fireball is rare, the meteors that cause them aren’t; according to the AMS, several thousand occur in Earth’s atmosphere each day.

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