Meteor procession

A meteor procession is the term used to describe when an Earth-grazing meteor breaks apart, and the fragments travel across the sky in the same path. (see also List of Earth-crossing minor planets) According to physicist Donald Olson, only a few occurrences are known, including:^[1]

• Great Meteor of August 18, 1783^[1][2]
• Meteor Procession of July 20, 1860; Donald Olson believes this was the event referred to in the poem Year of Meteors, 1859-60, by Walt Whitman^[3][4]
• Meteor Procession of February 9, 1913, a chain of slow, large meteors moving from northwest to southeast, is sighted over North America, particularly in Canada.

See also

• Bolide
• Comet breakup
• Earth-grazing fireball
• Green fireballs
• meteor shower
• The Great Daylight 1972 Fireball
• List of Earth-crossing minor planets
• Forensic astronomy
• Unidentified flying objects

References

External links

• Meteors, Meteoroids, and Meteorites