[MIham] Fireball Outburst

[Frank]

Space Weather News for Sept. 9, 2008
http://spaceweather.com

FIREBALL OUTBURST: This morning, Sept. 9th, a surprising flurry of fireballs 
lit up the sky over eastern parts of the United States.  All-sky cameras at 
the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, recorded 25+ 
meteors, most as bright as Jupiter or Venus.  A preliminary analysis by NASA 
astronomers suggests this is an outburst of "September Perseids," a 
little-known shower that has erupted this way three times in the past 
century.  Although the show is almost certainly over, sky watchers are 
advised to be on the lookout for more fireballs tonight and in the nights 
ahead; the September Perseids are not well understood and they could 
surprise us again.

Visit http://spaceweather.com for more information and updates to this 
developing story.

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