Fireballs and Bolides

Data on several of the brightest fireballs and bolides that were detected from 2009-2015 by U.S. Government sensors

Originator: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Fireballs and bolides are exceptionally bright meteors, usually ones that reach a visual magnitude of -3 or brighter from the observer's zenith. Fireballs that explode in the atmosphere are technically referred to as bolides, but the terms are often used interchangeably. This dataset displays the date, time, and location for 92 distinct fireball events, along with their 3-component velocity, total radiant energy, and calculated total impact energy.

(10 columns, 92 rows)

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Bibliographic Citation

Wolfram Research, "Fireballs and Bolides" from the Wolfram Data Repository (2016) https://doi.org/10.24097/wolfram.56418.data

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Public Domain

Data Resource History

Date Created: 7 July 2016

Source Metadata

Title: Fireball and Bolide Reports
Creator: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Date: 3 May 2015
Coverage: World 2009-2015
Language: English
Source: https://data.nasa.gov/Space-Science/Fireball-And-Bolide-Reports/mc52-syum

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Publisher Information

Publisher of Record: Wolfram Research