Lake Michigan fireball lights up the Midwest sky

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A bright green fireball seen by hundreds of people around Lake Michigan at 1:25 a.m. CST was identified by NASA as an asteroid fragment of at least 600 pounds that broke apart over the lake. Weather radar tracked falling fragments, and police dash cams recorded it.

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  1. OfficialFireball spotted northwest of Chicago, February 6, 1:25 AM CST (opens in a new tab)NASA (Watch the Skies blog) / 2017-02-06

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