On July 16, 2024 round 11:15 a.m. in New York (5:15 p.m. in France), a meteor flew over the Large Apple at an estimated velocity of 54,700 km/h publish from NASA on social networks.
Few photos however many testimonials
Though the occasion passed off in broad daylight, in one of the crucial linked cities on the earth, there are only a few direct pictures of the occasion. Nonetheless, greater than 40 certificates had been awarded American Meteor Society immediately on their web site concerning the fireball over New York.
Whereas most of them had been written in an try to explain the fireball, their statements (between 3 and 4 seconds) had been accompanied by a brief video that was linked to the occasion as follows: designated 3491-2024.
Any thought on the composition of the firewall?
Concerning what the totally different individuals had been capable of see on July 16, we observe specifically the colour of the firewall. Though everybody could have their very own thought of coloration, in addition to being topic to sure situations comparable to coloration blindness, three colours are sometimes talked about: inexperienced, orange and white.
The orange and white are positively linked to the truth that the small celestial physique that entered the environment burned and unfold a whole lot of gentle in its path within the type of a fireball.
As for the inexperienced coloration, it may point out the chemical composition of the meteorite. So a inexperienced row may present the composition of iron and nickel in response to an occasion that occurred in Brittany in 2021 or magnesium if we base ourselves on it mail it (ex-Twitter) of the Turkish House Company at the same occasion on July 5, 2024.
After they fully disintegrate above Manhattan, it will likely be troublesome to know their composition so these are solely guesses. Particularly since no particles appears to have fallen on the bottom.
“Large development” heard attributable to army workouts?
In a number of American media, the witnesses of the occasion additionally introduced that they’d heard loud noises and that they had been additionally on the buildings through which they had been shaking.
If some individuals made the reference to the fireball passing over New York, the explanation could be very totally different. Actually, nonetheless on Fb, NASA defined that army workouts had been happening within the space and particularly on the time when the meteor handed over an American metropolis. So the latter would have precipitated the loud noises, “rises” to sure witnesses, and the vibrations felt.
Supply: New York Submit / ABC Information / NASA Meteor Watch
2024-07-17 08:30:00
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