"NASA reported that the fireball was seen in the sky at around 2:30 p.m. and was moving at 30,000 miles per hour, traveling 117 miles through the upper atmosphere before disintegrating."
"More than 200 people from Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut reported seeing the fireball, with videos received from multiple locations in South Jersey."
"NASA explained that a meteoroid is a small asteroid in space, becoming a meteor when it emits light as it enters the Earth's atmosphere, while a fireball is a meteor brighter than Venus."
A fireball was observed in the Philadelphia region, traveling over 100 miles before disintegrating. More than 200 reports came from Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut. NASA confirmed the fireball was visible around 2:30 p.m., starting 48 miles above the Atlantic Ocean. It moved at 30,000 miles per hour and disintegrated 27 miles above Galloway, north of Atlantic City. NASA explained the differences between meteoroids, meteors, fireballs, and meteorites, clarifying that a fireball is a bright meteor.
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