Cleveland, OH
Did a meteor really hit Cleveland, Ohio?
You may have heard reports of booms in Ohio on Tuesday, and with that came further news that it could be because of a meteor hitting.
Is that true? Per the National Weather Service, the answer is: Yes! In a Facebook post, they wrote this: “We’ve been receiving reports of a loud boom and fireball in the sky across parts of western PA and eastern OH. Satellite imagery suggested this could have been a meteor entering Earth’s atmosphere, as it appears the fireball was detected around the Cleveland area.”
Here’s more from USA TODAY: “The asteroid spotted on Tuesday was 6 feet in diameter and weighed about 7 tons. It traveled over 34 miles through the upper atmosphere before fragmenting 30 miles over Valley City, north of Medina County, Ohio.”
Check out some videos of the fragmenting:
Incredible!
This article originally appeared on For The Win: Meteor hit Cleveland, Ohio? What we know so far