Event: 20211102-010820
The American Meteor Society received numerous reports of a fireball observed by people in New York and surrounding states (including Ontario, Canada) on November 1, 2021 at 9:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time (2021 November 2, 01:08 UTC). It was also recorded - at extreme range - by 1 NASA meteor camera located at Allegheny Observatory near Pittsburgh (through clouds at 260 miles distance) and 2 cameras belonging to the Southern Ontario Meteor Network. Analysis of the eyewitness and video data shows that the fireball was first seen at an altitude of 46 miles above the New York town of Deposit, moving slightly north of west towards Binghamton at 58,000 miles per hour. It ablated 33 miles above West Windsor, just to the east of Fivemile Point. The low inclination orbit and peak brightness - about one half that of a quarter moon - indicate that the meteor was caused by an asteroid fragment 3 inches in diameter with a weight of roughly 1 pound.
Images and Video from NASA and Western University's Southern Ontario Meteor Network
Meteoroid Orbit
Event Data
| Event ID | 20211102-010820 |
| Date (UTC) | Nov. 2, 2021 |
| Time (UTC) | 01:08:20 |
| AMS Event | 7187-2021 |
| Size | 3 in or 1 lb |
| Origin | asteroid |
| NASA Camera Start Lat/Lon | +42.056, -75.374 |
| NASA Camera End Lat/Lon | +42.090, -75.782 |
| NASA Camera Altitude | 75.0 km → 53.2 km ( 46.6 miles→ 33.1 miles) |
| NASA Camera Speed | 25.6 km/s (57,400 mph) |