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How big would such a meteor be, more or less, to generate such glow? Is there a way to estimate it?
by camillomiller 3y ago
How big would such a meteor be, more or less, to generate such glow? Is there a way to estimate it?
- Aachen 3y agoOne metre does it I saw this one from 500km away and it was easily the most impressive thing I've seen in my life: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_CX1 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_CX1 It says that was 1m in mean diameter, but also weighed 1Mg, which seems like a lot but when I look it up, a spheric m³ of aluminium is already heavier than that (1.4Mg) and iron would be 3× heavier still
- ericbarrett 3y agoIn a peer comment's link to the video, the videographer estimates this one was the size of a tennis ball. A typical meteor you might catch out of the corner of your eye on a dark summer night is the size of a rice grain.
- ls612 3y ago10 meters was the size of the Chelyabinsk meteor which caused significant damage on the ground from its air burst. I’d guess significantly under that size then since this doesn’t appear to have done anything other than make a pretty light.