The incident was captured on several webcams and home security cameras.
Meteors, commonly known as"shooting stars," are the streaks of light we see when small pieces of debris from these asteroids or comets enter the Earth's atmosphere and burn up at extremely high speeds. Before these small pieces enter the atmosphere, they are known as"meteoroids."
Fireballs are unusually bright meteors that exceed a magnitude of -4 when seen by an observer—roughly the same as the planet Venus when it is visible in the morning or evening sky.Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images The vast majority of meteors and fireballs burn up before they hit the ground. However, if one does reach the planet's surface it is known as a meteorite. When a fireball explodes they are technically referred to as bolides, although both terms are used interchangeably.
It is not clear whether the fireball above the St. Louis area managed to make it to the ground. However, the local division of the National Weather Service
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