Case file · Cosmic event

Great Meteor Procession of 1913

On the evening of 9 February 1913 a slow procession of fiery bodies crossed the sky from Saskatchewan over Ontario and out over the Atlantic, watched by thousands.

1913 CE · 43.66, -79.40 · status: explained

The account

University of Toronto astronomer Clarence Chant gathered witness reports and published the classic study. The objects travelled in groups for minutes on a nearly level path, probably a small natural satellite of Earth breaking up as it grazed the atmosphere.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Great Meteor Procession of 1913
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