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RE: Tennessee meteor

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On April 6th at 8:21:57 CDT, NASA all-sky meteor cameras detected a very bright fireball moving north across the state of Tennessee. First detected 52 miles above the Arnold Air Force base near Tullahoma, the meteor was brighter than crescent Moon and was approximately 2 feet in diameter, with a weight of 200 lbs. It was last recorded 30 miles above the town of Woodbury, Tennessee, moving at a speed of approximately 9 miles per second (32,400 mph).

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NASA telescopes say meteor fell to Earth in Tennessee Wednesday night

Woodbury, Tennessee - NASA scientists say this town was the last recorded spot of a meteor that streaked across the Tennessee sky Wednesday night (08:21:57 pm CDT, 6th April, 2011) and fell to earth near the Kentucky border. The meteor was moving 32,400 mph when last spotted.
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