2012 United Kingdom meteoroid

2012 Earth-grazing meteor above the UK August 2019 The 2012 UK meteoroid was an object that entered the atmosphere above the United Kingdom on Friday, 21 September 2012, around 11pm. Many news agencies across the UK reported this event.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19683687 'Meteors' sighted in skies across UK 22 September 2012 BBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20120923102054/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19683687 2012-09-23 live https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-19685161 'Meteor' sightings across Scotland prompt 999 calls 22 September 2012 BBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20120922184435/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-19685161 2012-09-22 live http://news.sky.com/story/988172/meteor-fireball-lights-up-sky-across-uk Meteor 'Fireball' Lights Up Sky Across UK 22 September 2012 Sky News https://web.archive.org/web/20120925045610/http://news.sky.com/story/988172/meteor-fireball-lights-up-sky-across-uk 2012-09-25 live https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/meteor-mania-huge-comet-spotted-1337427 Meteor mania: Watch VIDEO of huge comet spotted over north west England 22 September 2012 The Mirror https://web.archive.org/web/20120922020045/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/meteor-mania-huge-comet-spotted-1337427 2012-09-22 live Overview Several theories were made as to the origin of the sightings - from it being a meteoroid to a UFO. Initially, the most prominent theory was that it was an old artificial satellite (i.e. a large piece of space junk) re-entering the atmosphere.http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/fireball-in-sky-above-sheffield-believed-to-be-space-junk-1-4957584 Fireball in sky above Sheffield believed to be 'space junk' 27 September 2012 The Star https://web.archive.org/web/20121014175839/http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/fireball-in-sky-above-sheffield-believed-to-be-space-junk-1-4957584 2012-10-14 live https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-19683728 'Meteor shower' over Northern Ireland 'space junk' 22 September 2012 BBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20120923235849/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-19683728 2012-09-23 live However, later analysis showed that it was highly unlikely to be space junk; it travelled too fast, towards the slow end of the range of possible meteor speedshttp://sattrackcam.blogspot.nl/2012/09/more-on-21-september-2012-fireball-why.html More on the 21 September 2012 fireball: why it definitely was a meteor 24 September 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120927171349/http://sattrackcam.blogspot.nl/2012/09/more-on-21-september-2012-fireball-why.html 2012-09-27 live and, in addition, it traversed the sky from east to west while almost all satellites orbit from west to east or north and south.http://sattrackcam.blogspot.nl/2012/09/fireball-over-n-europe-on-21-september.html Fireball over N-Europe on 21 September 2012, 21:45 GMT was likely NOT a reentry 22 September 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120925233007/http://sattrackcam.blogspot.nl/2012/09/fireball-over-n-europe-on-21-september.html 2012-09-25 live According to Finnish mathematician Esko Lyytinen, the meteor was captured by Earth's gravity and entered the atmosphere once again above USA and Canada 155 minutes later.http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.fi/2012/09/breaking-news-uk-earth-hugging-asteroid.html Breaking News - UK Earth-hugging Asteroid Circled the Earth and Hit Again 28 September 2012 Esko Lyytinen LunarMeteorite Hunter https://web.archive.org/web/20130512182307/http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.fi/2012/09/breaking-news-uk-earth-hugging-asteroid.html 2013-05-12 live If confirmed, this would classify it as an Earth-grazing meteor. See also List of meteor air bursts Potentially hazardous object Near-Earth object Impact event Cyrillids References 30em 12. Phil Williams (January 2015) "The Meteoric Earth-Grazing Fireball of September 2012" Liverpool Astronomical Society Monthly Newsletter (January 2015, pp. 5–9) 20120921 Meteoroid Category:Meteoroids Category:2010s Earth impact events Meteoroid UK Meteoroid Category:21st-century astronomical events