Very Bright Meteor Fireball Illuminates Night Sky Over Shandong, China
- Very Bright Meteor Fireball Illuminates Night Sky Over Shandong, China
by Sott.net
The Chinese Meteor Monitoring Organization (CMMO) runs an automated camera in Shandong Province, monitoring meteor activity above the coast of the Yellow Sea. According to Spaceweather.com on Aug. 16th, it caught the brightest fireball in years. A space rock exploded in the atmosphere over the city of Linyi, turning the midnight sky blue.
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“The meteor illuminated the whole earth and shook the landscape with a loud sound,” reports CMMO staff member Zhou Kun. “The flash of light, which peaked at 22:59 pm local time, was widely observed across the Shandong and Jiangsu provinces of China.”
– - Brightest fireball in years 900 times more intense than the full moon turns midnight sky into day over China
by https://strangesounds.org/
What an incredible explosion over Shandong Province, China… On Aug. 16th, the brightest fireball in years exploded in the atmosphere over the city of Linyi, turning the midnight sky blue …
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The flash was so bright that night turned into day for miles around, and the sound from the explosion was so strong that buildings shook.
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“The meteor illuminated the whole earth and shook the landscape with a loud sound,” reports CMMO staff member Zhou Kun. “The flash of light, which peaked at 22:59 pm local time, was widely observed across the Shandong and Jiangsu provinces of China.“
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Scientists have Kun estimates the astronomical magnitude of the flash to be -20, more than 900 times brighter than a full Moon (albeit not as bright as the sun). If so, that would make it a rare fireball indeed. According to a NASA computer model of Earth’s meteoroid environment, a fireball of that magnitude could be a decade class event.
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