The Pin
May 23 2020, 5:37 pm
Residents of the Australian state of Victoria watched a ‘light show’ in the sky Friday night. In several videos, published on social networks, you can see how a “fireball” is falling towards Earth.
According to Tim Wiebusch, head of the Victoria Emergency Service, this object was “just space debris re-entering the atmosphere” and said “there is nothing to fear.”
EPIC !! Check out this incredible vision captured by Mel Aldridge not long ago at Cashmore near Portland! We’re getting plenty of reports. @abcmelbourne pic.twitter.com/1KuldCy6OJ
– Vic Storm Chasers (@VicStormChasers) May 22, 2020
Did you see the light show in the sky just after dusk tonight? Astronomer @Perryastronomy told 7NEWS it looks to be a classic bit of space junk re-entering the atmosphere. https://t.co/9tNtWXsh2H # 7NEWS pic.twitter.com/oPOIqRzCFn
– 7NEWS Melbourne (@ 7NewsMelbourne) May 22, 2020
“Which reveals that it is space junk [en lugar de un meteorito o un cometa] is that it has entered a very shallow angle, which means that it was in a very low Earth orbit and just re-entered the atmosphere and started to burn due to friction, “said the vice president of the state Astronomical Society, Perry Vlahos , reports The Age.
He also stressed that this incident was not unusual: “We probably see space debris three or four times a year.”
#meteor most amazing meteor just went across the sky at Nulla Vale pic.twitter.com/ALqjepRl3C
– James (@centralvicjames) May 22, 2020
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