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Large Near-Earth Astroid Will Fly Past Earth On April 19 (phys.org)
William Robinson quotes a report from Phys.Org: A relatively large (650 meters) near-Earth asteroid discovered nearly three years ago will fly safely past Earth on April 19 at a distance of about 1.1 million miles (1.8 million kilometers), or about 4.6 times the distance from Earth to the moon. The asteroid will approach Earth from the direction of the sun and will become visible in the night sky after April 19. It is predicted to brighten to about magnitude 11, when it could be visible in small optical telescopes for one or two nights. For comparison, Chelyabinsk meteor was 20m. Small asteroids pass within this distance of Earth several times each week, but this upcoming close approach is the closest by any known asteroid of this size, or larger, since asteroid Toutatis , a 3.1-mile (five-kilometer) asteroid, which approached within about four lunar distances in September 2004. The April 19 encounter provides an outstanding opportunity to study this asteroid, and astronomers plan to observe it with telescopes around the world to learn as much about it as possible.
Maybe you could give them some leeway. What they actually see could be an artificial satellite zooming by, it's just that those people don't know what they are looking at and make assumptions.
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...gis sdrawkcab (usually not responding to ACs; don't bother posting as AC)
Are you just trolling? Meteors, as in "shooting stars", are obviously perfectly visible with the naked eye. It's actually much easier without a telescope because they're bright enough, happen kinda randomly and sweep a large part of the sky.
If you're talking about asteroids, then you're right that you'd need a telescope to see them. You also can see the bright ones with a wide-angle camera and a long time exposure.
Aww, someone has been spied on while having quality time with his hand.
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For you as an astronomy major, some freshman definitions:
* Meteoroid: something that flies through space.
* Meteor: something you see in the sky as it is burning up in the atmosphere.
* Meteorite: something you pick up from the ground, after it survived burning up in the atmosphere.
Therefore, logically, people who think that they can see meteors are not delusional because that's exactly how meteors are defined.
Ezekiel 23:20
Mother of god, let's have some elementary proofreading of headlines.