Saturday night, a fireball shot across the sky, visible in Spain and Portugal as a blue or green light to those on the ground, and we get to see it thanks to many people who had their phones out to record it. The European Space Agency (ESA) said the burning object was a piece of a comet that was traveling around 100, 000 miles an hour. During its most visible phase, the meteor was around 38 miles (60 kilometers) above the ground. It most likely burned out as it headed out over the Atlantic Ocean.
☄️😍 ESA’s fireball camera in Cáceres, Spain, spotted this stunning meteor last night!
— ESA Operations (@esaoperations) May 19, 2024
Our Planetary Defence Office are currently analysing the size and trajectory of the object to assess the chance that any material made it to the surface.
Credit: ESA/PDO/AMS82 - AllSky7 pic.twitter.com/gSU4unncQW
(via Laughing Squid)
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