Observatory registers a meteor brighter than the moon in Caxias do Sul; watch video | Rio Grande do Sul

According to Professor Carlos Fernando Jung, owner of the observatory and scientific director of the southern region of the Brazilian Network for the Observation of Meteors (Bramon), the meteor entered the atmosphere at an altitude of 100 km, with a fall of approximately 114.9 km from Taquara.

“The interesting thing would be that it was the largest registered to date in the South since 2016,” he highlights.

Also according to the professor, the meteor that fell at 01:09 is a solid fragment, with a magnitude equal to or greater than -4 and that, in the end, explodes. Negative numbers indicate a brighter meteor..

“Due to the shock wave it produces, there is a sensation of explosion. When this occurs, the meteor possibly left debris, producing meteorites on the ground,” he says.