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Meteors Great and Small

While the major meteor showers draw the most attention, large and bright fireballs can blaze through the sky at any time of year.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using data from the Center for Near Earth Object Studies/NASA/JPL-Caltech. Photograph by Bill Ingalls/NASA. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published August 14, 2021
Data acquired 1988 - 2021

Sources:
In situ Measurement
Photograph