Tangri
29th November 2013, 19:10
The day after reports of a booming blue streak sparked plenty of speculation, there’s still no definitive answer to the question: What was streaking through the sky over parts of Quebec and Ontario Tuesday evening.
While officials have yet to confirm what caused the flash of light and explosion sound, former astronaut and ISS commander Chris Hadfield says it could have been a meteor.
"The description of the actual visual event is certainly in keeping with a meteor hitting our atmosphere at significant speed with significant size," Delaney told CTV News Channel on Wednesday.
He said the object could be as small as a baseball or as large as a couch.
However, Delaney said the sonic boom sound heard by some people Tuesday evening adds to the mystery.
"A sonic boom is a relatively rare event," he said. "You've got to have a meteor that is large enough and dense enough, moving fast enough, with the right angle through the atmosphere to create the shock wave."
Quebec police told CTV Montreal on Tuesday that they were unsure of what caused the sound.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/11/131106-russian-meteor-chelyabinsk-airburst-500-kilotons/
http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/meteor-strike-in-quebec-bright-flash-of-light-and-loud-boom-widely-reported-1.1562545
Ps for curios ones , check trajectory color and check color and temperature relation
While officials have yet to confirm what caused the flash of light and explosion sound, former astronaut and ISS commander Chris Hadfield says it could have been a meteor.
"The description of the actual visual event is certainly in keeping with a meteor hitting our atmosphere at significant speed with significant size," Delaney told CTV News Channel on Wednesday.
He said the object could be as small as a baseball or as large as a couch.
However, Delaney said the sonic boom sound heard by some people Tuesday evening adds to the mystery.
"A sonic boom is a relatively rare event," he said. "You've got to have a meteor that is large enough and dense enough, moving fast enough, with the right angle through the atmosphere to create the shock wave."
Quebec police told CTV Montreal on Tuesday that they were unsure of what caused the sound.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/11/131106-russian-meteor-chelyabinsk-airburst-500-kilotons/
http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/meteor-strike-in-quebec-bright-flash-of-light-and-loud-boom-widely-reported-1.1562545
Ps for curios ones , check trajectory color and check color and temperature relation