No meteorites were produced by this event, according to the agency.
Residents in parts of New York City and New Jersey were shaken by a loud boom Tuesday morning, with NASA officials saying it was likely due to a daylight fireball meteor.
NASA's Meteor Watch team reports that the daylight fireball was seen at 11:17 a.m. ET, according to an update shared toTracking the path of the meteor, NASA estimates that the fireball flew at an altitude of 49 miles above Upper Bay near Greenville Yard in Jersey City.Officials report that the fireball may have flown at a rate of 34,000 miles per hour as it passed over the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island in New York Harbor.
Officials clarified that as of Tuesday, "this trajectory is very crude and uncertain," saying that the estimations are based on "a few eyewitness accounts and there is no camera or satellite data currently available to refine the solution.
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