A fireball was spotted along the east coast Sunday night, including parts of Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
A fireball is a very bright meteor, generally brighter than magnitude -4, about the same magnitude of the planet venus, according to the American Meteor Society.
Officials with the AMS say they received over 200 reports of a bright fireball in the eastern part of the country around 10:55 p.m. Sunday.
“There are no major meteor showers active at this time so this meteor was most likely a random occurrence, not associated with any known meteor showers,” said Robert Lunsford, a writer with the AMS.
Lunsford says the northern hemisphere is currently in a period of elevated meteor activity from now through January 2015.
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Officials are encouraging anyone who spotted the fireball to report it to the AMS. You can learn more about fireballs and meteors in general by visiting the AMS website.
