A Fiery ballOr a bright meteorite seen, seen throughout the southeast of the United States on Thursday and later exploded on Georgia, and created a boom heard by residents in the region, according to the region. Nassa.
The American Al -Tayeze Association said it had received more than 160 reports From a fiery ball from observers in Georgia and South Carolina at 12:25 pm East time. Bill Cook, who advanced in the NASA environment office, said the meteorite was first seen at an altitude of 48 miles over the city of Oxford, Georgia, moving southwest 30,000 miles per hour.
The fire ball exploded later 27 miles over the Western Forest, Georgia, which fired about 20 tons of TNT. Cook said that the fire ball was 3 feet and weighed more than a ton (2000 pounds).
“The resulting pressure wave is spreading on the ground, creating a boom that many heard in this field,” Cook said in a statement.
This NOAA satellite image, shared by NASA, shows a meteorite through the sky over Georgia. Sometimes was also reported in neighboring South Carolina. / Credit: Noa/ nasa
When the space rock enters the air on its own and burns, it is called the meteorite. It is a meteorite if he survived the trip and contacted the ground before combustion. Those that look especially bright are gunfire, according to Nassa.
Robert Lundord of the US Meteorological Association said that the daylight of the light on Thursday could be a member of Beta Tauurid Meteor Shower, which includes meteorites that are rarely seen and are usually active from late June to early July, as it reached its climax on about 25 June.
“I would like to receive reports on an event in one day a monthly day from all over the world,” Lundord told CBS News. “I would like to say [of] Every 700 fire ball events involve a fiery ball seen during the daytime hours. So these events are rare, and most people go for life without one vision. “
A A fire ball during the evening Large sections were seen from the eastern United States and parts of Canada in February 2024.
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