Slow Fireball Arrive

Slow fireball arrive.

This month in the sky around the world began to discover a special kind of meteors. September more than Venus, flying extremely slowly … 

The name “fireball” was chosen because the sky September more than Venus. These meteors are special not only because of September, but also cruise missiles and relatively slow flight. “They fly extremely slowly and reach deep into the atmosphere,” says an expert on meteors from the University of Western Ontario Peter Brown. Penetrate the upper layers of the atmosphere slower than 15 kilometers per second, and fall to the surface speed of 50 kilometers per hour.

This year’s first meteor seen this type of Americans on the first day of the February central Texas. The witnesses agreed that never seen a clearer and slower shooting star. Estimated that the flight of the fireball in the sky lasted about eight seconds. Finally, as the ball exploded artillery shell, torn into several pieces, which shone for a while than went out.

Brighter than the full moon

Meteor over Texas brighter than the full moon was captured by NASA cameras. Scientists have estimated that the object could have a size of about two meters in diameter. Such large rocks flying over the U.S. several filmed in February. They can reach up to the size of the bus. NASA is in the U.S. there are six cameras in several states, which scanned the night sky. Experts have calculated that strange fireball arrive from the asteroid belt, but not in one place. They call them “the February fireball.” First recorded in the 60 years. Astronomers believe that their camera system called All-Sky Fireball Network, which instantly measure the orbits of meteors, can help solve the mystery of slow meteors.

These phlegmatic shooting star, which a layman can easily be mistaken for extraterrestrial havarujícím ark, and often fly over Japan, as the following interesting video.