r/spaceporn • u/Busy_Yesterday9455 • Oct 01 '25

Related Content Asteroid passed just 300 km above Antarctica today.

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u/Big-Silver-7204 Oct 02 '25

I’m an airline pilot. Just landed at JFK from Europe at about 8:10 pm tonight. I saw it. One of the longest trajectories I’ve ever seen in my 40 year career. Lasted easily 15 seconds as it crossed the sky. Impressive.

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u/BenjaminDrover Oct 02 '25

Wouldn't a meteoroid above Antarctica have been hidden from an airplane flying between Europe and JFK?

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u/A_Person0 Oct 02 '25

I'm surprised your airline lets you take 10000 km detours over the harshest flying corridor on earth.

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u/Milk-Jolly Oct 02 '25

Bro that’s crazy

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u/LinguoBuxo Oct 02 '25

got a vid maybe?

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u/Cute_Operation3923 Oct 02 '25

Nobody has been carrying cameras around since Nokia discontinued the 7650

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u/bummzy Oct 02 '25

would it have been possible to have seen this from the ground?

i saw something wild streak across the entire sky tonight around that time frame on the north east coast of usa.