Earth Grazing Fireball
An Earth-grazing fireball (or Earth grazer) is a fireball, a very bright meteor that enters Earth’s atmosphere and leaves again. Some fragments may impact Earth as meteorites, if the meteor starts to break up or explodes in mid-air. These phenomena are then called Earth-grazing meteor processions and bolides. Famous examples of Earth-grazers are the 1972 Great Daylight Fireball and the Meteor Procession of July 20, 1860.. Txstate.edu (2010-05-28). Retrieved on 2013-10-19.150-year-old meteor mystery solved

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As an Earth-grazer passes through the atmosphere its mass and vel ...
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The Meteor Of 1860
The 1860 Great Meteor procession occurred on July 20, 1860. It was a unique meteoric phenomenon reported from locations across the United States. American landscape painter Frederic Church saw and painted a spectacular string of fireball meteors cross the Catskill evening sky, an extremely rare Earth-grazing meteor procession. It is believed that this was the event referred to in the poem ''Year of Meteors, 1859-60'', by Walt Whitman Walter Whitman (; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among t .... In 2010, 150 years later, it was determined to be an Earth-grazing meteor procession. See also * 1783 Great Meteor * 1913 Great Meteor Procession * 1972 Great Daylight Fireball References {{Modern impact events Meteoroids 1860 in science 1860 in the United States 18600720 Moder ...
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