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February 3, 2011

A rush-hour meteor; did you see it?

Found this note in my email this morning. Did anyone else spot this rush-hour meteor Wednesday evening?

"Frank, I saw a rather bright meteor this evening as I neared home on the west side of Baltimore.  I was driving East on I-70, about a half mile before I got to 695 when I saw the meteor around 10-15 degrees to my left from my direction of travel.  It appeared to be dropping almost straight down. 

"I saw it at about 6:18 PM.  There was nothing particularly notable about the meteor other than the time of day (when a lot of people are out driving) and the fact that it was pretty bright white.

"Anyway, I don't know if you got other reports of one but I figured if you did, you might be interested. -Perry Heinrich
"

Posted by Frank Roylance at 7:30 AM | | Comments (11)
Categories: Sky Watching
        

Comments

Definitely saw it! Didn't think anything of it until now. I was getting off 95N getting onto the 695W ramp. Very bright!

Saw it coming off of the Warren Road Exit of I-83 N. Thought it was going to land in the Baltimore County Landfill.

Saw it as I was heading north on 295, just going under the 695 bridge. Extremely bright given the city lights in the same direction.

Yes - my son pointed it out from the back seat on our way home in Fallston.

Darn. I always miss this stuff.

I saw it from Long Island, NY. I was driving west around the same time, and saw it southwest of me for about a full second. Very bright.

I saw it near Springfield, MA driving on I-90W.

I didn't see a meteor on February 3rd, but I did see a meteor on Friday February 4, 2011 at 9:14pm. I was in Baltimore, in the northern part of the city when I saw the bright meteor stream across the night sky from east to west.

I saw "SOMETHING" VERY bright at about 12:45pm today fall out of the sky. It looked almost silver and just before I saw it go behind the tree line.. it caught fire at the end of it??? Anyone else???? Thanks!

Sara, I saw it also. At 12:40 on 2-14-11 I was driving east on Route 23 crossing Rt. 24 and saw the same firey ball going straight down.

i also saw it on fire right before it hit the ground as i was crossing the harry nice bridge northbound.

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About Frank Roylance
Frank Roylance is a reporter for The Baltimore Sun. He came to Baltimore from New Bedford, Mass. in 1980 to join the old Evening Sun. He moved to the morning Sun when the papers merged in 1992, and has spent most of his time since covering science, including astronomy and the weather. One of The Baltimore Sun's first online Web logs, the Weather Blog debuted in October 2004. In June 2006 Frank also began writing comments on local weather and stargazing for The Baltimore Sun's print Weather Page. Frank also answers readers’ weather queries for the newspaper and the blog. Frank Roylance retired in October 2011. Maryland Weather is now being updated by members of The Baltimore Sun staff
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