LONDON – It was as short as it was bright. For seven seconds, shortly before 10pm on Sunday, people in Britain who were staring at heaven were treated to the sight of a fireball ball meteor shining in the sky.
A witness described on Twitter “a huge flash” It “spreads into a huge tail of orange sparks with a giant firework behind it.”
Footage captured in England by security cameras in places including Milton Keynes, Northamptonshire and Solihull showed the meteor spreading brightly and brightly in the sky before the meteor.
Any object in space – from as small as a grain of sand to a hulking behemoth like a planet – emits a bright flash of light – it passes through the Earth’s atmosphere and begins to burn.
When millions of people take “star greetings” when they see an incredible light display in the sky, they are actually greeting on a meteor. If anything survives a trip and landing on Earth, it is known as a meteor.
Richard Caserek, co-founder of the UK Meteor Network, a group of amateur meteor sports, said the meteor was detected by his camera at 9:54 pm in Wiltshire, England.
“We think it’s a piece of comet or something soft like a planet floating in the atmosphere.”
In this case, the fireball appeared to be moving slowly, he said, meaning it was visible in the sky for a long time. Some people reported hearing a sonic boom, however, indicating a relatively large object traveling at high speeds due to its proximity to Earth.
“The other half of the flight, we can see different pieces falling from the bottom of it,” he said, adding that some may have survived in the form of meteors.
Hundreds of people from England and Scotland in the north and Northern Ireland in the north reported seeing meteors on the network, Mr Casserek said.
For amateur astronomers, the sight of meteors scattering in the sky is not particularly rare: they appear in about three or four years.
However, usually at this time of year, full moon makes it difficult to see meteors, Mr. Caserek said. “It simply came to our notice then. This was a very bright meteor, which gave more power to the brightness of the moon. “
The meteor was a pleasant surprise for those who were not on the lookout.
“You’re not always like us and seeing them, and seeing a very bright fireb is always an amazing, lifelong event unless you’re like us,” said Mr. Caserek. “Witnessing something like this is definitely a highlight for ordinary witnesses.”
