Fireball Over Edmonton
			
		
		
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Global Television Edmonton,
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			What if you're driving down the street and an object from space shoots across the sky right in front of you?  
Such was the case last week for many people in south central Canada.   
Specifically, an extremely 
bright fireball, 
presumably a desk-sized 
meteor from deep space, 
flashed across the sky just after sunset on 2008 November 20.  
The bright fireball was recorded on many images and movies, including the spectacular 
video shown above that was captured by a dashboard camera of a 
police cruiser in 
Edmonton, 
Alberta, 
Canada.  
Because at least two streaks appear to be visible, the falling object likely broke up into pieces as it fell deep into 
Earth's atmosphere.
By triangulating fireball images from several simultaneously recorded sources, 
astronomers hope to find an approximate orbit from whence 
the object came, as well as the likely place(s) on Earth where large pieces would have impacted, were they to have survived entry.  
In the best case scenario, pieces 
would be recovered 
from a known deep space 
comet or 
asteroid, 
giving humanity an unprecedented look at an 
ancient object that likely holds 
clues 
to the early years of our Earth and the 
Solar System.