Mystery
Fireball inching towards Earth
Washington: Mystery
fireball is inching towards earth with high speed of 29,000 miles per hour on
sky above Georgia, NASA said. NASA has released footage of a fireball on Saturday, 26th December 2015. NASA called it as Mystery object in the sky.
According
to the Statement of NASA, it had received numerous reports regarding the bright
fireball that occurred above Georgia at 6.33.55 pm is nearing the planet. The
video attached with the statement shows the glowing object inching towards
earth.
NASA
said after investigating it had been confirmed it was a meteor entering our
atmosphere at 29,000 miles per hour.
The
statement added: "All 6 NASA all sky meteor cameras in the Southeast
picked up the meteor at an altitude of 50 miles above the town of Georgia
(south east of Atlanta).”
The
space rock entered the atmosphere at a steep angle and moved almost due south. The
NASA cameras tracked it to an altitude of 17 miles above the town of Locust
Grove, where it had slowed to a speed of 9,000 miles per hour, at which point
the meteor ceased producing light by burning up.
NASA
said it was possible that fragments of this object survived to reach the ground
as meteorites. It added that more
detailed analysis was needed to be 100% certain it was a meteorite.
Watch the video by clicking the image below:
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