Timing Is Everything: Astronomers Explain The Meteor That Lit Up The Sky Wednesday

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — That bright light everyone was talking about last night is believed to have been a meteor — but the timing of it is what created such a dramatic image. And it had many talking about it including a group of school children at Powerhouse Science Center.
“I just wanted to know what it was, so I asked my Dad,” said one girl named Emily.
“I think it could have been a spaceship,” said another girl.
“It can’t be a spaceship. A sp