* Astronomy

A brilliant green fireball streaked over New England, US, on Sunday, April 24th, at about 7:45 pm EDT. It was seen as far north as southern Maine and as far south as Pennsylvania and occurred during the Lyrid meteor shower but it was probably a small fridge sized asteroid, breaking up in Earth's atmosphere. The Lyrid shower radiant didn't rise until about 20:30 EDT. The -7th magnitude bolide was traveling in a NE to SW direction.
The main body was a brilliant green with a dazzling yellow-orange frontal lobe and left a prominent vapour trail.
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