What the records say
- When
- 4 May 2014
- Kind
- Explosion
- Coordinates
- 44.15° N, 77.79° W
- Description
- daylight bolide which occurred near Ontario
2014 Ontario fireball
2014 daylight bolide which occurred near Ontario
On 4 May 2014 around 4:17pm (EDT) a daylight bolide occurred near Ontario, resulting in a meteor air burst. The meteoroid was estimated to be roughly 50–100 centimetres in diameter. The explosion was estimated to be equivalent to approximately 10–20 tons of TNT. The meteor was first seen in Peterborough and traveled on a southwest-to-northeast trajectory. A meteor of this size impacts Earth about twice a week.
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