Joe Kirkup Posted 21 September, 2012 Share Posted 21 September, 2012 Twitter going bonkers over an apparently huge meteor being seen over UK tonight, from Scotland down to London Anyone see anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 21 September, 2012 Share Posted 21 September, 2012 Sorry, my house just turned into a crater. I'll get back to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurzel Posted 22 September, 2012 Share Posted 22 September, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19683687 Dr Tim O'Brien, associate director of the Jodrell Bank Observatory, told the BBC is was difficult to know the cause the meteor shower. "It's hard to say exactly, whether it was a chunk of rock coming in from outer space, burning up in the atmosphere or a bit of space debris, we call it, space junk, which is basically man-made stuff from a spacecraft that's burning up in the atmosphere. "[The meteor was] probably 80 miles up or so, high up, moving very fast, actually, 18,000 miles an hour, probably, at least." Slightly worrying that we can take photos, track, and analyse stars/planets/galaxies millions and billions of miles away, yet can't identify (or predict) something this close to us ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 22 September, 2012 Share Posted 22 September, 2012 Sounds like a job for these guys. Leaving on a jet plane...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilton Saint Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19683687 Slightly worrying that we can take photos, track, and analyse stars/planets/galaxies millions and billions of miles away, yet can't identify (or predict) something this close to us ! Not worrying at all, if you understand the difference between the two sets of phenomena! It's not the distance that matters, here; it's the size and speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 I saw this over Sheffield. Was at a gathering at a mate's house and we were outside having just let off a couple of chinese lanterns when we saw it. Maybe it was the cider but it seemed like it was really low in the sky, just above the rooftops, and we couldn't work out what it was. It looked like some sort of firework but it was completely silent and travelling in a straight line at a seemingly constant velocity. A really spectacular sight. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1Nd8nV38Sg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suhari Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 It's the debris field ahead of the ****ing great one that will be hitting us in mid December: hence the authorities playing it down. We're doomed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank's cousin Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 It's the debris field ahead of the ****ing great one that will be hitting us in mid December: hence the authorities playing it down. We're doomed. We talkin, wipe out or surf's up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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