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Meteor that exploded over Wellington likely broke up above sea off ... (Newshub)

Fireballs has projected the meteor's trajectory, believing it travelled from southeast Wellington to the east of Blenheim. "This is from eyewitness reports, but ...

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'Meteor' lights up sky for a startling 10 seconds (Stuff.co.nz)

And earthquake seismometers around the Wellington region as far north as Upper Hutt detected the atmospheric shockwave from the unknown falling object. Stuff ...

But if not, it's probably just a random lump of rock from an asteroid which happens to have hit the Earth and got people very excited here in New Zealand.” He said those with receivers near their ears – long hair, glasses or a hat – enabled people to pick up radio emissions from the meteor, hence the immediate crackling sounds. It might be “quite scientifically important” to retrieve the object, Griffin said. It was very unusual to see one during the day. “Also if you saw it and heard a bang, that's quite interesting too. “I then realised my dashcam was rolling and saved the video.

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Wellington residents stunned as 'rare' large meteor tears through the ... (The Independent)

The meteor, which was around 1m wide, was sighted at 1.52pm. Residents said they saw a flash, and heard big booms and faint rumbling sounds, reported RNZ.

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. “[Meteors] are due to macrometeoroids in the atmosphere coming in very quickly, typically 30km per second. A Palmerston local named Sue described the sighting to local media outlets.

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Reports of fireball over New Zealand in what scientists think was ... (The Guardian)

People across the North Island flooded social media with reports of the object, with some describing the sound as being like an earthquake.

“We might be able to use them to triangulate the position of the thing, and where it landed – if it did land,” he said. The house vibrated slightly too,” one Twitter user said. “Realised my dashcam was recording and downloaded the video – once-in-a-lifetime spectacle.”

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'Giant streak of orange': Reports of 'meteor' across lower North Island (Stuff.co.nz)

One witness says the object streaked across the sky for about 10 seconds before it “fizzled out”, leaving behind a large smoke trail.

But if not, it's probably just a random lump of rock from an asteroid which happens to have hit the Earth and got people very excited here in New Zealand.” He said those with receivers near their ears – long hair, glasses or a hat – enabled people to pick up radio emissions from the meteor, hence the immediate crackling sounds. It might be “quite scientifically important” to retrieve the object, Griffin said. It was very unusual to see one during the day. “Also if you saw it and heard a bang, that's quite interesting too. “I then realised my dashcam was rolling and saved the video.

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Meteor flashes across sky over Wellington, New Zealand (Reuters)

A burning meteor flashed across the sky over the New Zealand capital of Wellington on Thursday, with dozens of witnesses saying they saw a bright light and ...

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Dashcam footage captures meteor exploding over Wellington, lights ... (Newshub)

Spectacular dashcam footage has captured a meteor lighting up the skies over the Wellington region. The footage sent to Newshub shows the moment the ...

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'The sky is falling': Meteor spotted over lower North Island (New Zealand Herald)

A loud bang and rumbling noises were heard, and many suspected it was an earthquake. The sound was heard in the Wellington and Wairarapa regions. Advertisement.

"It may be quite scientifically important to retrieve this thing. Some describe seeing a "bright flash of light" in the sky during the loud noise, some saying it had a long tail, others saying it was a "giant fireball". She says it was "one of the most bizarre experiences" of her life.

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Wellington meteor shock wave picked up by earthquake sensors (1 News)

Seismologist Stephen Bannister said the shock wave was picked up by six different sensors spaced 53 km apart.

coming in very quickly." "GeoNet earthquake seismometers around the Wellington region appear to have recorded the atmospheric shock wave from the meteor, which likely weakly coupled to the ground." Seismologist and principal scientist at GNS Science, Stephen Bannister, said the shock wave was picked up by six different sensors spaced 53 km apart, from the furthest point north in the Upper Hutt to Palliser Bay in the south.

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Meteor sighted in parts of lower North Island (RNZ)

A large meteor sighted across the lower North Island comes 23 years ago to the day of the country's last significant meteor.

"If you saw it and heard a bang, that's quite interesting too. "[Meteors] are due to macrometeoroids in the atmosphere coming in very quickly, typically 30km per second. He said it would be "very unusual" for the meteor to have made impact on the earth's surface - instead he believed it was very like the space rock vaporised. This shows a cross-section of the atmosphere, with what may be the smoke trail of the meteor ☄ that passed over the lower North Island. "It was kind of like a big shooting star, it had a blue tail on it and it looked to me like it was about a metre long," she said. What looked like a tail of smoke was actually 'dust' of the meteor that had vaporised and could be seen hanging around the air space for a time afterwards.

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