Talk:2012 United Kingdom meteoroid

(First comment)

I'd suggest the 2012 UK meteoroid wikipedia page should be removed, or completey re-written with a new title, because:

• The title is confusing - the thing seen was seen in the sky across Europe, not just the UK.
• The object seen was a fireball resulting from the atmospheric entry of a meteoroid. No one saw the meteoroid itself.
• The early news reports that the fireball may have been the result of the re-entry of a man-made object have since been shown to be incorrect. The object was most likely an asteroid in an Aten-like orbit.
  

References:

http://sattrackcam.blogspot.nl/2012/09/the-21-september-fireball-small-aten.html

http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2012-September/087461.html

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.92.95.43 (talk • contribs) 14:11, 30 September 2012

If you want this page removed it would need to be referred to articles for deletion, but I doubt it qualifies; the event was notable enough to stand alone, even as a stub. As for changing the title, most of the alternatives are problematic (Bolide, for instance, has different meanings for astronomers and geologists) and "2012 Netherlands/UK/USA/Canada meteoroid event" is unduly cumbersome. The present title satisfies WP:COMMONNAME, though "2012 UK fireball" might possibly be better. Moonraker12 (talk) 10:09, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Name correction required

Unless you're in a spacecraft travelling at extraordinary velocities, you are unlikely to see a meteoroid, which is now technically classified as being under 1 metre in size (rocky objects over 1 metre size fall under the asteroid definition). Any sized object creating a fireball in the earth's atmosphere is a meteor however, which should be reflected in the article's name since it was seen only as a fireball. It would be reasonable to rename this to 2012 UK meteor, given that it was first identified over the UK. Any objections for meteroid --> meteor? Best: HarryZilber (talk) 21:58, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

I agree with you completely. SOmeone please make this change. I looked at the article for 5 seconds and then asked myself "Why are they calling this a meteoroid?" 136.181.195.29 (talk) 18:04, 5 December 2013 (UTC)