The visible fireball in Florida is probably a meteorite, experts say

SUNRISE, Fla. – Did you see her on Monday night? The incredible strip of light in the night sky that was seen along Florida’s Atlantic coast?

Although there are still questions about where it came from, experts say it was probably a meteor.

“What we do know is that it is definitely a meteor that has entered. Now, where it comes from is under debate, “said Jason Matter, vice president of the South Florida Amateur Astronomy Association. “Some people think it could have been part of the Asteroid 2021 GW4 that was passing very close to Earth, maybe a piece of it broke and came to Earth or it could have been something else that I just didn’t see.”

Dr. Angela Colbert of the Frost Science Museum said that while there are many possibilities, a meteor is “most likely. It could have even been a piece of space debris that fell and jumped into the atmosphere for some reason. ”

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Colbert, the knight of the vice president of education at Frost, said, unfortunately, that we will probably never know for sure, because he never hit the Earth’s surface.

“These are happening all the time around the world, so the formal investigation may never happen,” she said. “We may never fully know what this is.”

Matter also said that meteors hit the Earth’s atmosphere quite often, but what made it so unique was how many people saw it.

“Usually, when something comes in, it comes in, burns and burns pretty quickly. This was seen all the way from North Florida to the Bahamas, so the burn lasted quite a long time, “said Matter.

Home surveillance cameras and webcams caught her right at 10:16 p.m.

The green color that some clips show is due to the nickel in the meteor that burns as it travels.

As for why he made that big lightning, Colbert said there’s an explanation for it.

“It could have been just the way it hit the atmosphere that created this sea what is known as a fireball,” Colbert said. “It’s called a fireball when there’s a brighter flash than how Venus shines in the night sky.”

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