Tat's 2min News December 31, 2013 All Sky Fireball Network
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All Sky Fireball Network
Every night, a network of NASA all-sky cameras scans the skies above the United States for
meteoritic fireballs. Automated software maintained by NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office calculates
their orbits, velocity, penetration depth in Earth's atmosphere and many other characteristics.
Daily results are presented here on Spaceweather.com.
On Dec. 27, 2013, the network reported 16 fireballs.
(13 sporadics, 2 December Leonis Minorids, 1 December Hydrid)
In this diagram of the inner solar system, all of the fireball orbits intersect at a
single point--Earth. The orbits are color-coded by velocity, from slow (red) to fast (blue).
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On Dec. 26, 2013, the network reported 24 fireballs.
(21 sporadics, 3 December Leonis Minorids)
In this diagram of the inner solar system, all of the fireball orbits intersect at a
single point--Earth. The orbits are color-coded by velocity, from slow (red) to fast (blue).
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