'Loud crash and fireball': a super-powerful meteor explosion occurred over the United States

On Sunday, March 7, a meteor flew in the night sky over Vermont, creating a spectacular light show and causing earth-shaking crashes, says Live Science.

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The explosive passage of the meteor through the atmosphere had a yield of 440 pounds (200 kg) of TNT.

According to NASA's Meteor Watch, the meteor was likely 10 pounds (4,5 kg) and 6 inches (15 centimeters) in mass and diameter, respectively.

The space rock crashed into the atmosphere at a speed of about 42 miles per hour (000 km / h). It appeared over the northern part of the state as a bright fireball at 68:000 pm EST, just before sunset.

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Local news station WCAX3 reported calls from across the state following the event, with residents describing a "loud boom and shaking" as the meteor streaked across the sky.

“I was fortunate enough to hear and see this along the Missisquoi River at the Missisquoi Wildlife Refuge in Swanton, Virginia, just before sunset,” wrote Chris Hrotik, a commentator on NASA’s initial report of the event. — A swift sound that made me look up at the sky at just the right moment. It was extremely vibrant and absolutely breathtaking!”

For anyone who was wondering about the big boom / meteor earlier today in #btv #Vermont , I dug through some webcam footage and found this on the WCAX / BTV Airport webcam- watch the upper left. pic.twitter.com/oyVLSoVahP

- Jeremy LaClair (@JeremyLaclair) March 8, 2021

Based on eyewitness accounts, NASA estimates the fireball first appeared 52 miles (84 km) above Mount Mansfield Forest east of Burlington, the state's largest city. It then moved 33 miles (53 km) northeast towards the Canadian border, disappearing 33 miles (53 km) above the ground south of Newport.

According to NASA, the shockwave originated from the destruction of a meteor due to atmospheric pressure.

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As the larger, bowling-ball-sized piece of the "parent" asteroid moved through the atmosphere at nearly 55 times the speed of sound, pressure built up in front of it and a vacuum formed behind it. Eventually, the tension led to an explosion.

In comments on NASA's initial Facebook post about the incident, people claimed to have seen a meteor in areas from the west to Saratoga, New York, to Quebec in the north, to Watertown, Massachusetts in the east.

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