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Large fireball explodes over the Bering Sea

Name: Large fireball explodes over the Bering Sea
Start: 2018-12-18
Location: Bering Sea

When: 18 Dec 2018
Where: Bering Sea
Sources: 2 public sources

NASA Terra satellite images of the fireball over the Bering Sea on Dec. 18, 2018 NASA/GSFC/LaRC/JPL-Caltech, MISR Team, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

A roughly 10 m meteor exploded over the Bering Sea off Kamchatka on Dec. 18, 2018. Infrasound stations logged it, but astronomers did not notice until March 2019, when NASA's JPL added it to its fireball database and it drew attention at a planetary science conference.

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OfficialCNEOS fireball data, 2018-12-18 event (Fireball API query) (opens in a new tab)NASA JPL Center for Near-Earth Object Studies
PressScientists surprised to discover meteor exploded over Bering Sea in December (CBC News) (opens in a new tab)Radio Canada International / CBC News / 2019-03-19

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