Event: 20190327-002950
Numerous eyewitnesses in the states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and New York reported seeing a fireball on March 26th at 8:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time (2019 March 27 00:30 UTC). The meteor was also observed by 5 all sky cameras in the region (2 NASA, 3 belonging to the Southern Ontario Meteor Network) and analysis of the data from the systems has permitted the determination of a precise trajectory. The meteor was initially detected at an altitude of 50 miles above the Canadian town of Port Colborne (near Niagara Falls), moving west northwest at a relatively slow 32,400 miles per hour. It ablated 27 miles above the hamlet of Wellandport. The peak magnitude of this fireball was measured to be -8, placing its brightness between that of a crescent and quarter Moon. Combining this with the speed of the meteor results in a diameter estimate of 9 inches and weight around 30 pounds. The orbit is characteristic of an asteroid, with a perihelion just inside Earth's orbit and an aphelion in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
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Event Data
| Event ID | 20190327-002950 |
| Date (UTC) | March 27, 2019 |
| Time (UTC) | 00:29:50 |
| AMS Event | 1388-2019 |
| Magnitude | -8.0 |
| Origin | asteroid |
| NASA Camera Start Lat/Lon | +42.899, -79.236 |
| NASA Camera End Lat/Lon | +43.015, -79.481 |
| NASA Camera Altitude | 81.5 km → 43.6 km ( 50.7 miles→ 27.1 miles) |
| NASA Camera Speed | 14.5 km/s (32,400 mph) |
| Chicken Little Start Lat/Lon | +42.712, -78.852 |
| Chicken Little End Lat/Lon | +43.063, -79.609 |
| Chicken Little Altitude | 81.8 km → 54.3 km ( 50.8 miles→ 33.8 miles) |
| Chicken Little Speed | 24.6 km/s (55,000 mph) |