A Taurid fireball was reported by well over a hundred eyewitnesses in the northeastern states at 7:37 PM Eastern Standard Time on November 8, 2022 (November 9 0:37 UTC). An analysis of those accounts has been performed with constraints provided by 4 EarthCams and a train station camera located in the area. The analysis shows that the first sighting of the meteor occurred 58 miles above Salem, Massachusetts, moving west at 75,000 miles per hour. It survived for about 2.5 seconds, traveling some 51 miles before disintegrating at an altitude of 41 miles above Leominster.
Event ID | 20221109-003726 |
Date (UTC) | Nov. 9, 2022 |
Time (UTC) | 00:37:26 |
AMS Event | 8412-2022 |
Origin | Taurid |
Chicken Little Start Lat/Lon | +42.525, -70.827 |
Chicken Little End Lat/Lon | +42.494, -71.769 |
Chicken Little Altitude | 93.6 km → 65.9 km ( 58.2 miles→ 41.0 miles) |
Chicken Little Speed | 33.5 km/s (75,000 mph) |