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Old 22-11-2008   #1
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Fireball filmed in Canada

This bright meteor was filmed from a police car in Canada:

_http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7744207.stm

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Amazing footage - looked just like something from CE3K!

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OK, so it's bright and spectacular, but given most shooting stars are no bigger than a grain of sand, what sort of rock size would cause it, sugar lump, a brick or something more substantial ?

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OK, so it's bright and spectacular, but given most shooting stars are no bigger than a grain of sand, what sort of rock size would cause it, sugar lump, a brick or something more substantial ?
I'd say a space brick, well, something the size of a house brick, it's pretty amazing to see such an event, and reminds you how lucky the Earth actually is having an atmosphere to deflect such things or to partially burn off the meteor itself before it hits...

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