Watch a Meteoroid Bounce Off the Earth's Atmosphere
upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:
Watch a meteroid bounce off the Earth's atmosphere:
Last week, a small meteoroid stopped by for a quick visit into our atmosphere before bouncing back off into the cosmos.
Earthgrazing meteoroids, as they're called, are already pretty rare, according to Universe Today, showing up just a few times per year. But even more uncommon: This one was caught on tape - and as more meteoroid-spotting cameras are set up around the world, videos like this might grow more common.
(1/2) An earthgrazer above N Germany and the Netherlands was observed by 8 #globalmeteornetwork cameras on Sept 22, 03:53:35 UTC. It entered the atmosphere at 34.1 km/s, reached the lowest altitude of ~91 km and bounced back into space!@westernuScience@IMOmeteors@amsmeteorspic.twitter.com/5EgRivdcsu
- Denis Vida (@meteordoc) September 22, 2020
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