Meteor over Ohio causes large boom heard as far away as Pennsylvania | US news
A meteor over Ohio caused a massive explosion that shook people as far away as Pennsylvania Tuesday morning, according to the National Weather Service (NWS) and reports.
The meteor entered the atmosphere around 9 a.m. local time on Tuesday, creating a sonic boom that was felt across a wide area of northern Ohio and beyond. Reports poured in from Cleveland and other sectors as far east as Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and New York state.
cleveland.com Ohio residents reported thinking they thought a tree had hit their roof, with one of them saying the sound sounded like fireworks “lingering and booming like thunder.”
The NWS’s Cleveland office said satellite data “suggests the explosion was the result of a meteor.” to mail In X.
Meanwhile, NWS’s office in Pittsburgh posted a video Footage taken by one of his employees shows the meteor shooting into the sky.
So far the NWS has no reports of any debris being found.
“There may be some small pieces, but most of it may have burned up in the atmosphere,” NWS meteorologist Brian Mitchell told The Associated Press.
US space agency NASA also confirmed the reported meteor on Tuesday morning and said data analysis provided its first visibility over Lake Erie.
“Caused by a small asteroid approximately 6 feet in diameter and weighing approximately 7 tons, the fireball moved southeast at 45,000 miles per hour before disintegrating over Valley City,” NASA said. to mail To read. “The fragments continued southward, producing meteors near Medina County, Ohio.”
Meteors are visible streaks of light, also commonly called shooting stars, and occur as a result of meteoroids entering the Earth’s atmosphere at high speed and burning up. According to one study, approximately 17,000 meteors fall on Earth annually.
According to NASA’s statement, “Most space rocks smaller than a football field will disintegrate in Earth’s atmosphere.” websiteHowever, in very rare cases they can explode in the air.
