A vivid piece of comet lit up the skies over components of Spain and Portugal final evening, the European Space Agency (ESA) stated.
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The object is proven because it cuts by way of the evening sky at excessive velocity and lights up in blue and inexperienced tones. One resident of Lisbon stated the attractive show seemed “like a film”.
ESA launched a video on the X community of a “spectacular meteor” within the sky above the western Spanish metropolis, Cáceres, close to the Portuguese border. It was later referred to as a “comet fragment” and never a meteor.
☄️ ESA’s fireball digital camera in Cáceres, Spain, noticed this wonderful meteor final evening!
Our Planetary Defense Office is presently analyzing the scale and trajectory of the thing to evaluate the possibility of any object reaching the floor.
Credit: ESA/PDO/AMS82 – AllSky7pic.twitter.com/gSU4unncQW
– ESA Operations (@esaoperations)May 19, 2024
It was estimated to be flying over Spain and Portugal at a velocity of 45 kilometers per second earlier than burning up over the Atlantic.
“The likelihood of discovering any meteorite could be very small,” stated the ESA.
In a number of cities in each international locations, movies had been made that grew to become widespread on social media.
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