Captured on camera, fireball appears on North Calorina beach

Writer: Arif Budianto

KONTAN.CO.ID – Captured on camera, a fireball phenomenon appears in the coastal area of ​​North Carolina, United States. The fireball briefly slid off the coast of North Carolina before disappearing from camera capture.

Recently, newly released footage showed a spectacular fireball shooting through the skies of North Calorina on Friday night (9/24/2021) at a speed of 32,000 mph (51,500 kph), according to a report by the American Meteor Society (AMS). At the same time, more than 80 people saw the fireball.

According to NASA, it was one of five meteors reported soaring over the United States sky that night. The fiery meteorite rolled off the coast of North Carolina and was then spotted 48 miles (77 km) over the ocean off Camp Lejeune, at about 7:40 p.m. local time, NASA said.

Quote from Space, This brightly lit meteor followed a northeast trajectory, traveling 42 km through Earth’s upper atmosphere before disintegrating 28 miles (45km) over Morehead City, North Carolina.

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What is a fireball?

According to AMS, fireballs (fireball) is a meteor that looks brighter than the planet Venus. In theory, this fireball can also be seen during the day, like the fireball that appeared in England in March 2021 and was seen in the afternoon.

When this fireball entered Earth’s atmosphere at a speed far exceeding the sound barrier, it was between 25,000 and 160,000 mph (about 40,000 – 260,000 kph). According to AMS, the appearance of the fireball can also be accompanied by a tremendous sonic boom.

Speaking of fireballs in North Carolina, the event was caught on camera located on the terrace of a house in Rowland Pond, North Carolina. A rock can be seen gliding across the night sky, leaving a trail of fire before disappearing behind a tree.

A little look back at 2013, the most explosive meteor event occurred over the city of Chelyabinsk in Russia. This meteor fell and created an explosion roughly equivalent to 400-500 kilotons of TNT, or 26-33 times the energy released by the Hiroshima bomb. Space.

The meteor shower damaged buildings, broke windows in people’s homes and injured about 1,200 people.