Scientists ask residents in Niagara, Ont., to look for meteor pieces after weekend fireball

Facebook Twitter Email Reddit LinkedIn 'Every single time we open up one, there is something new to be discovered,' says ROM curator of space rocks Cara Nickerson · CBC News · Posted: Nov 22, 2022 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: 9 hours ago A meteor makes a white arc in the night sky. The meteor was caught by 12 of Western Meteor Physics Group's 20 cameras. (Submitted by Western Meteor Physics Group) 43 comments A meteor, one metre in diameter, lit up the southern Ontario sky early Saturday morning before it crash landed in pieces into Lake Ontario and along the shoreline of Grimsby, Ont., in the Niagara region. The landing now has scientists asking residents to keep an eye out for the space rocks — which could be billions of years old. The European Space Agency said this is only the sixth time that a meteor, which turns into meteorites as it falls to earth and breaks apart, has been detected well before impact by global asteroid warning systems. The systems were able to tell scientists where and when the asteroid was going to hit. The meteorites, labelled object C8FF042 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), hit Lake Ontario around 3:30 a.m. Saturday morning. 'Rare occurrence in southern Ontario' People across southern Ontario, from Toronto to Brantford, caught sight of the meteor. Some shared home security camera footage on social media over the weekend of it catching fire and lighting up the night sky. Others said they heard a loud sound around that time, which researchers CBC spoke to said was a sonic boom, made as the meteor travelled faster than the speed of sound. Peter Brown, a physics professor at Western University in London, Ont., is a member of the Western Meteor Physics Group (WMPG), which studies meteors using cameras. "We have a network of cameras in southern Ontario and southern Quebec and the network is constantly watching the night sky," he said, adding that his meteor watching group has about 20 cameras trained at the sky. Brown said WMPG's goal is to capture footage of "bright meteors that produce fireballs," like the one that landed in Lake Ontario over the weekend. He said WMPG captured the meteor on 12 of their pakistan news polimer news live perth news punch news prince harry news prince andrew news psg news palestine news packers news news quiz news queen elizabeth news quiz of the week news quiz nyt news queen news quiz ket news quotes news queens ny news quiz cnn news quizzes queen elizabeth news queen news queen elizabeth latest news qatar news qld news quinte news queen elizabeth news today q13 news quebec news queensland news news radio news russia news reporter newsradio cast news register news right now news room

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