NASA has reported a huge and very large fireball was seen in the sky above Mississippi in the US. Local residents were shocked as to whether it was an asteroid strike or an alien attack. Check out what it really is that flew over the Earth.
NASA: In a strange incident, more than 30 witnesses said they saw a fireball in the sky of the Earth. It was early morning on Wednesday, April 27 in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Loud explosions were soon heard. According to eyewitnesses, a large and gigantic fireball was seen moving across the sky. The object leaves a trail of light, dust, and a very loud explosion upon awakening. NASA scientists later confirmed that the mysterious object witnessed by humans was an asteroid! However, not the entire asteroid, but only a part of it. Check out how this object suddenly appeared in the sky and what happened afterwards.
NASA: A giant fireball-shaped asteroid is seen in the sky
According to NASA, the object is a lightning bolt (the technical term for a large meteorite) and is believed to be a broken part of a larger asteroid. This bolt was observed to be about a foot wide and weigh about 90 pounds. It is moving at 55,000 miles per hour. In a post, the US space agency shared details about this space rock.
“Approximately 22,000 miles out into space, NOAA’s Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) aboard Geographically Active Environment Satellites (GOES) 16 and 17 detected several bright flashes associated with fragmentation. of this flash, or exceptionally bright meteor, was first detected 54 miles above the Mississippi River near the town of Alcorn, Mississippi,” the post states.
The asteroid’s debris eventually disintegrated about 34 miles across a swampy land in Louisiana.
NASA added: “The fragmentation of this fireball produces an energy equivalent to 3 tons of TNT (trinitrotoluene) explosives, creating a shock wave that travels to the ground, creating explosions and tremors for humans. people in the area. For reference, it’s 10 times brighter than the Moon.
Bill Cooke, leader of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, is surprised how many people have not reported witnessing such a bright object amid the atmosphere. How clear the sky is. According to reports, most people have only heard loud sounds, but haven’t actually witnessed the meteor’s motion.
