FIRE IN THE SKY: NASA's All-Sky Cameras Captures 35 Fireballs, Including 26 Sporadics In The First 4 Days Of November!

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b><b><span style="color: yellow;">November 06, 2013 - SPACE </span></b></b></span>- Every night, a network of <a href="http://fireballs.ndc.nasa.gov/">NASA all-sky cameras</a> scans the skies above the United States for meteoritic fireballs. <br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5JDg6trhES0/UnpAmnJnQuI/AAAAAAABNLU/b1uI3Cl0BaE/s1600/fireball.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5JDg6trhES0/UnpAmnJnQuI/AAAAAAABNLU/b1uI3Cl0BaE/s1600/fireball.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><br />Automated software maintained by NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office calculates their orbits, velocity, penetration depth in Earth's atmosphere and many other characteristics.  <br /><br /><br />On Nov. 1, 2013, the network reported <span style="color: yellow;"><b>11</b></span> fireballs (9 sporadics, 2 Orionids).<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JyI_1RC9j7Q/Uno_OWjqHKI/AAAAAAABNK4/GJxyMG220-o/s1600/nov1fireballs.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JyI_1RC9j7Q/Uno_OWjqHKI/AAAAAAABNK4/GJxyMG220-o/s1600/nov1fireballs.gif" /></a></div><br /><br />On Nov. 2, 2013, the network reported <span style="color: yellow;"><b>12</b></span> fireballs (9 sporadics, 1 Orionid, 1 Northern Taurid, 1 omicron Eridanid).<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4EMpprB2oKc/Uno_UxGJOnI/AAAAAAABNLA/XNF6pD9CV4s/s1600/nov2fireballs.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4EMpprB2oKc/Uno_UxGJOnI/AAAAAAABNLA/XNF6pD9CV4s/s1600/nov2fireballs.gif" /></a></div><br /><br />On Nov. 4, 2013, the network reported <span style="color: yellow;">12</span> fireballs (8 sporadics, 3 Northern Taurids, 1 Orionid).<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5JNhTgU9SM8/Uno_aR9gWxI/AAAAAAABNLI/mSYS2JHwbL4/s1600/nov4fireballs.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5JNhTgU9SM8/Uno_aR9gWxI/AAAAAAABNLI/mSYS2JHwbL4/s1600/nov4fireballs.gif" /></a></div><br /><br />In these diagrams of the inner solar system, all of the fireball orbits intersect at a single point--Earth. The orbits are <a href="http://spaceweather.com/images2013/14oct13/colors.gif?PHPSESSID=iet7592adeg4tnefnkpulm1co2">color-coded</a> by velocity, from slow (red) to fast (blue). [<a href="http://spaceweather.com/images2013/04nov13/orbits.gif?PHPSESSID=iet7592adeg4tnefnkpulm1co2">Larger image</a>] [<a href="http://fireballs.ndc.nasa.gov/20131104.html">movies</a>]<br /><br /><br />- <a href="http://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=05&month=11&year=2013"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Space Weather</b></span></a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>

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November 06, 2013 - SPACE - Every night, a network of NASA all-sky cameras scans the skies above the United States for meteoritic fireballs. Automated software …

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