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Hi TomK,
Thanks. It was pretty bright... It's been a while since we have had one that size over the Big Island.
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Just curious, anyone know the trajectory & where it would have hit if it didn't burn up? The news said it was the size of a baseball, is that correct?
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DoryGray - it wouldn't have been deliberately tracked, so I doubt there's any information on that. A meteor this small (roughly softball-sized) will always burn up in the atmosphere, so your question really is impossible to answer. From the CFHT video capturing the meteor burning up over Gemini, it seems it was heading in a roughly south-westerly direction.