Meteor falls to Ontario

For the second time this year, the University of Western Ontario Meteor Group filmed an extremely rare video recording a meteor falling to Earth. Astronomers claim that the fireball left behind meteorites in northern Guelph, Ontario, Canada, with a total mass of several hundred grams.

The Department of Physics and Astronomy at Western has a sky observation network in southern Ontario with the task of scanning and searching for meteorites.

Wednesday, October 15, at 5:28 am, all 7 cameras of Southern Ontario meteor network recorded a bright, slow-moving fireball in the sky.

Professor Peter Brown and Phil McCausland, a postdoctoral researcher on earth science, hope to help the local people find falling meteorites.

05:28 am, Wednesday morning, October 15, all 7 cameras of the Southern Ontario meteor network (SOMN) recorded a bright fireball, moving at a slow speed in the sky.The fireball from the upper left (North) to the right (West) ends near the moon (the brightest object on the right).(Photo: University of Western Ontario, Meteorological Network of Southern Ontario).

McCausland explains: 'This is a fireball that moves quite slowly and penetrates deep into the Earth's atmosphere. Most meteors burn down at a height of 60 or 70km above the ground. The supernova has penetrated the atmosphere to a height of about 37 km and has slowed considerably, so it is likely that at least one or even a few small meteorites have fallen to the ground. '

By observing the path of the object recorded by the camera, the researchers can go back to find out the meteor's trajectory before it collides with the Earth.

McCausland said: 'Asteroid-like meteorite goes through the Earth, so we think it's a rock meteorite'.

In March, the camera network recorded a meteor falling to Earth and crashing into the Parry Sound area.