1972 Great Daylight Fireball

The Great Daylight Fireball (also known as the Grand Teton Meteor) was an Earth-grazing fireball that passed within 57 kilometres (35 mi; 187,000 ft) of Earth's surface at 20:29 UTC on August 10, 1972. It entered Earth's atmosphere at a speed of 15 km/s (54,000 km/h; 33,554 mph) in daylight over Utah, United States (14:30 local time) and passed northwards leaving the atmosphere over Alberta, Canada.

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1972 Great Daylight Fireball

The Great Daylight Fireball (also known as the Grand Teton Meteor) was an Earth-grazing fireball that passed within 57 kilometres (35 mi; 187,000 ft) of Earth's surface at 20:29 UTC on August 10, 1972. It entered Earth's atmosphere at a speed of 15 km/s (54,000 km/h; 33,554 mph) in daylight over Utah, United States (14:30 local time) and passed northwards leaving the atmosphere over Alberta, Canada.

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