73X Faster Than a Speeding Bullet
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Channel: NASA Video · 2013 · Science & Technology
On Nov. 17, 2011, a NASA camera in Tullahoma, Tenn., saw a Leonid meteor -- moving 73 times faster than a bullet fired from an M-16 rifle -- as it burned up 71 miles above Nolensville, Tenn., at an altitude of 54 miles.
