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Responsible_Ad_3532 OP t1_j27a79a wrote

Reply to comment by beef-o-lipso in Shooting Start or??? by Responsible_Ad_3532

Was not blinking and was pretty big- could be a meteroite?

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jobblejosh t1_j27an32 wrote

A meteorite is the same as a shooting star. If you don't think it's a shooting star (which is fast moving, one colour, and with a short duration) then it also won't be a meteorite.

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Responsible_Ad_3532 OP t1_j27babg wrote

Thanks pep, it was so amazing haha me and my brother couldn't speak for a bit

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BuffaloInCahoots t1_j27cwbl wrote

I saw something similar years ago, commented above. Could you see the fireball and did it leave a smoke trail? My friend and I did the same as you two. It was impossible to not notice it because it lit the whole sky up and we just stood there speechless for a min.

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Responsible_Ad_3532 OP t1_j27d3t9 wrote

No smoke trail but pretty dope still,

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BuffaloInCahoots t1_j27dyy3 wrote

Yeah stuff like that is always cool to see. Not sure how rare it is but I spend more time outdoors than most and I’ve only seen it once. If you haven’t seen the iss already look it up and find out when you can. Weird being able to see it and know there’s people up there.

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BuffaloInCahoots t1_j27cdkd wrote

What is it if it has more than one color? One time out camping I saw a what we called a meteorite. It left a smoke trail as it was burning up and it changed colors a couple times. Never hit though, we were high up a mountain and watched it break apart. One of the coolest things I ever saw, almost made it look like daytime out.

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Responsible_Ad_3532 OP t1_j27cf43 wrote

One big white spot of light moving like a shooting star very slowly

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Flying_Along t1_j27eqfk wrote

ISS has my vote too. It’s pretty spectacular seeing it for the first time.

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Mimi-Shella t1_j27d5w9 wrote

For reference not all meteors are one color. It depends on their composition

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Responsible_Ad_3532 OP t1_j27b5yy wrote

So just a very big and close meteroite

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jobblejosh t1_j27buug wrote

No.

Meteorites have certain characteristics. If it doesn't fit those characteristics, it probably isn't a meteorite, no matter how close or big it is.

Did it have any colours on it? Was it just one point of light, or was it a cluster?

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beef-o-lipso t1_j28o77m wrote

Meteors tend to flame out in less than a second or two and they fade in fast and wink out. Seemed like your description was a fastish moving object for a long while. If it was really bright, could have been the ISS. That will be the brightest thing in the sky and moves across in 1 to 5 minutes, usually.

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