The falling meteor was part of the Northern Taurid Meteor shower which was captured by Twitter user David Vergel on EarthCam. The meteor shower is known for brighter-than-usual meteors called fireballs. It’s usually unlikely to see a meteor, particularly in an area with dense light pollution.
NASA meteor expert Bill Cooke told Space.com: “The Taurids are rich in fireballs, so if you see a Taurid it can be very brilliant and it’ll knock your eyes out, but their rates absolutely suck.
“It’s simply the fact that when a Taurid appears it’s usualy big and bright.”
The National Weather Service (NWS) in St Louis believe the object did not make it to the ground intact.
About 90 to 95 percent of meteors burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere.
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The NWS wrote on Twitter: “Typically there are none as the the meteor is largely incinerated by the atmosphere.
“They can however make it to the surface. Unknown at this time if it did or not.
“If it does make it to the surface, it depends on how large it is and what it hits to gauge impacts.”
The next meteor shower to strike Earth is the Leonids on November 16.
Astro Live Experiences CEO Lena Okajima wrote in a statement: “With this launch, we are a step closer to realising the man-made shooting star.
“Please look forward to the world’s first demonstration we are aiming for in 2020, which will be a major milestone for ALE.”
The Japanese company’s first satellite, ALE-1, launched in January aboard an Epsilon rocket.
The artificial meteors will travel more slowly through Earth’s sky than real ones and will thus remain visible longer — three to 10 seconds, ALE scientists revealed.
Real meteors enter our atmosphere at speeds ranging from 25,000mph (40,233kmh) to 160,000mph (25,7495kmh).