On Friday (October 21) evening, the French crossed the sky a huge meteorite
On Friday evening, the French crossed the sky a huge meteorite
On Friday evening, around 21.00 local time, a mysterious object lit up the French sky. Phenomenon was observed for hundreds of people, including journalists and publications Maxisciences.
"I was in my garden. It was about 21.05 when suddenly I saw a shooting star. At first, everything went according to the usual scenario, but then" shooting star "has" turned into a huge ball of light with a long shiny tail. I was waiting for this "shooting star" is about to disappear in the middle of the dark sky, as it usually does, but obviously there was no more what to burn in the Earth's atmosphere, "- says one of the witnesses what they saw.
Such letters to the editor Maxisciences received many. Anyone lucky enough to observe this phenomenon, like to share my observations and impressions.
For the flying meteorite seen thousands of people in the Paris region. Flying luminous object was much larger and brighter than ordinary shooting star. Besides, he moved with lightning speed. The closer to the Earth approached the mysterious object, the faster it was transformed into a bright orange ball. Then he suddenly split into many smaller pieces and completely disappeared from the sky.
Recently, some regions in France are often observed in the fall of meteorites. More recently, residents of Brittany also contemplating joining the meteorite in Earth's atmosphere.
However, there are suggestions that Friday night, the inhabitants of the Paris region can not watch a meteor falling debris and the German satellite ROSAT. At this stage there is no evidence of this. No satellite debris was found, although they could be burned on entering the atmosphere of our planet. But experts believe that most likely it was just a meteorite.
For reference, annually to the surface of the Earth from space falls about 5000 tons of meteorites.
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