Last Sunday, March 7, a meteor passed over the state of Vermont (United States) and Canada, which impressed those who attended the event.
According to the NASA Meteor Observatory, eyewitnesses reported seeing a bright ball of fire around 5:38 p.m. that day.
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The meteor first appeared over northern Vermont, at an altitude of 84 kilometers, and moved northeast at 13 miles per second, traveling 53 kilometers.
In the end, cheek on Beach Hill, in Orleans County, United States.
The Meteor Observatory, on its Facebook account, published an image showing the location of people who saw the meteorite pass (black arrows), as well as its trajectory (defined by the blue arrow).
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According to the Observatory’s reports, “based on more than 100 eyewitness reports, (the meteorite) does not significantly change trajectory, but slows down to 42,000 miles per hour (19 kilometers per second) ”.
It is believed that the object was a remnant of an asteroid that “fragmented violently, producing a pressure wave which shook the buildings and generated the sound heard by those close to the path ”.
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This explosion could also have caused tremors, despite the meteor barely weighed 4.5 kilograms and had a Diameter of 15 centimeters.
As described by NASA, it was “a beautiful little firework, thanks to Mother Nature.”
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