Numerous eyewitnesses in the San Francisco area reported seeing a fireball last evening at 6:43 PM Pacific Standard Time (2022 November 23 2:43 UTC). An analysis of their reports puts first visibility of the meteor at an altitude of 50 miles above the California town of Courtland. Moving north of west at 38,000 miles per hour, it traveled a distance of 40 miles through the atmosphere before disintegrating 30 miles above Putah Creek State Wildlife Area.
Event ID | 20221123-024242 |
Date (UTC) | Nov. 23, 2022 |
Time (UTC) | 02:42:42 |
AMS Event | 9193-2022 |
Chicken Little Start Lat/Lon | +38.299, -121.528 |
Chicken Little End Lat/Lon | +38.489, -122.124 |
Chicken Little Altitude | 80.4 km → 48.8 km ( 50.0 miles→ 30.3 miles) |
Chicken Little Speed | 17.3 km/s (38,700 mph) |