KINGSPORT, TN 02 AUG 2023 0613 UTC
KINGSPORT, TN 02 AUG 2023 0613 UTC
KINGSPORT, TN 02 AUG 2023 0613 UTC
DATE/TIME
8/2/2023 @ 0613 UTC
8/2/2023
0613 UTC
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LAT/LONG
36.587573 • -82.614954
36.587573
-82.614954
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STREWN FIELD
Single radar signature fall site at upper left. The green line approximates the ground track in direction only.
SUMMARY
SUMMARY
There was a nice candidate for a meteorite fall in NE Tennessee last night, at 2:13 AM local time:
https://ams.imo.net/members/imo_view/event/2023/3961
Have a look at the video, which has the visual appearance of a small meteorite fall.
https://ams.imo.net/members/imo_video/view_video?video_id=13260
This event does not appear in GLM data. It does appear on five nearby seismometers, and at least ten people reported hearing sonic booms in the AMS report. That indicates that something survived to low enough altitude to generate the sonic boom.
Radar shows evidence for a small meteorite fall northwest of Kingsport, TN, extending over the state line into Virginia. Fall mass will be low as evidenced by the single radar signature, but meteorites might be recovered from this event.
Modeling using the Jormungandr dark flight model says the single radar signature is composed of meteorites of approximately 36g mass, assuming ordinary chondrite density.
RADAR & MAPS
RADAR & MAPS
RADAR SUMMARY
Single radar signature for this event, at an altitude of 2.4 km ASL and calculated meteorite mass of 36g.
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