Meteor Fireball Explodes Over Netherlands

[Henk Elegeert]

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Meteor Fireball Explodes Over Netherlands
   Saturday, November 13, 2010
(VIA)dutchdailynews.com<http://www.dutchdailynews.com/meteor-fireball-explodes-over-netherlands/>


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A fireball meteor zipped across the *Netherlands* sky Tuesday evening before
exploding in to the North Sea, an expert says.

The Netherlands just escaped a natural disaster from a meteor. Many Dutch
people in the Netherlands witnessed a large "fireball" meteor in the sky. In
the north people heard a bang and saw flashes. Also on
Twitter<http://twitter.com/search?q=meteoor>people reported on the
phenomenon.

The Groningen astronomical Theo Jurriens confirmed that this was a very
bright meteor and at one point burst into three pieces.

About one hundred
reports<http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/5065408/___Meteoriet_spat_uiteen_boven_Nederland___.html?p=3,2>have
been received from people who have seen the fireball. From the north
of
the Netherlands there are reports of people who heard rumblings when the
meteor passed by and buildings were shaking.

Several pictures<http://regex.info/exif.cgi?b=3&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fi37.tinypic.com%2F9rrg4y.jpg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fi37.tinypic.com%2F9rrg4y.jpg>of
the fireball meteor have been posted on the internet.

Update:
The meteor exploded over northern Netherlands and the North Sea and caused
an explosion that made *shock waves*.

The blast may have been caused by the meteor or the explosion because it was
faster than sound with a speed of over 1200 kilometer per hour. KNMI does
not know which of the two is the cause, but measurements seem to indicate
that it is an explosion, because signals are recorded earlier in northern
than in De Bilt Netherlands.

Observations indicate that the orbit of the meteor came from south to north.
Further research is being made about the precise path of the meteor.

The seismometers of the KNMI, recorded the shock waves around 19.00. The
institute was mainly received reports from Rotterdam and Groningen. In
Groningen, the shock wave generated vibrations on the ground.

"

??? Extra terrestrial. ;)

Henk Elegeert

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