Event: 20180301-024727


At 8:47 PM Central Standard Time (2018 March 01 2:47 UTC) , 67 eyewitnesses in Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota and Iowa reported seeing a bright fireball. An analysis of the available data - mainly eyewitness reports - places first visibility of the meteor approximately 47 miles above the Wisconsin hamlet of Marxville, moving to the southwest at 35,300 miles per hour. It ablated 28 miles above Moscow, Wisconsin. No meteorites are thought to have been produced by this event, which appears to have been about as bright as a quarter Moon.


Event Data

Event ID 20180301-024727
Date (UTC) March 1, 2018
Time (UTC) 02:47:27
AMS Event 797-2018
Chicken Little Start Lat/Lon +43.206, -89.641
Chicken Little End Lat/Lon +42.774, -89.931
Chicken Little Altitude 74.8 km → 44.4 km ( 46.5 miles→ 27.6 miles)
Chicken Little Speed 15.8 km/s (35,300 mph)