AKASHI, KOMPAS.com – Fireball from meteor which exploded in the sky Japan at midnight, illuminating parts of the western and central “Sakura Land”.
Appearance meteor exploded it immediately went viral on social media. Many netizens share video objects shooting star the.
Local media reported AFP reported that the fireball was believed to be a bolide, a very bright meteor that exploded in the atmosphere.
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“We believe that the last burst of light was as bright as a full moon,” Takeshi Inoue, director of the Akashi City Planetarium, told the news agency. Kyodo.
The fireball was only visible for a few seconds in the early hours of Sunday (11/29/2020), and was caught on national TV cameras NHK which usually captures earthquake activity rather than objects in space.
“The sky cleared up for a moment and I felt strange that there could not be lightning,” said one netizen on Twitter who saw the fireball.
“I feel the power of the universe!” he continued.
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“Is it a fireball? I thought this was the end of the world …” said another netizen who recorded the video of the meteor exploding while driving.
People across wide areas of Japan were treated to a spectacular light show in the early hours of Sunday, thanks to what is believed to be a meteor. pic.twitter.com/r0HfI082SK
— NHK WORLD News (@NHKWORLD_News) November 30, 2020
Earlier sightings of shooting stars were equally bright in Tokyo in July, and were later identified as meteors.
The fragments of the space object were found in Chiba prefecture.
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