Showing posts with label Ontario meteor 26SEP09. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ontario meteor 26SEP09. Show all posts

27 September 2009

Canada Meteor/Meteorite News- Brilliant Ontario Meteor 26SEP09 27SEP09

CTV.ca
Space visitor descends over southern Ontario

CTV.ca
Instead, it was a fiery meteor that blasted into the atmosphere last night, streaking across the sky and wowing locals in southern portions of the province. ...


'An overwhelming experience,' local star-gazer says of seeing ...

Waterloo Record
Dust particles in the trails are the source for meteors. The size of a meteor, also called a shooting star, is usually between a grain of sand and a ...
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Meteor spotted over GTA

Toronto Star
Dempsey, an amateur astronomer, immediately identified the light as a meteor, or fireball. The meteor was spotted just after 9 pm by skywatchers across the ...
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"...“I saw something shoot across the sky. It was the size of a baseball,” said Armenti. It exploded in about six or seven pieces, but I didn’t hear any noise. It blew apart and then it just disappeared.”..."

http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1772733


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Another Video: http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2009/09/27/11154226.html


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Eye witness reports and video: http://www.thenightskyguy.com/?p=1023


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"..."It was far, far brighter than a full moon, and then disintegrated
into red chunks and pieces within seconds," he said...."

http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/701577

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http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2009/09/26/11137496.html