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A bright fireball swept over the south of France

Added	Tue, 27/04/2021
Источники	gismeteo.by twitter.com
Дата публикации	Tue, 27/04/2021
Версии	Meteor

A bright fireball swept over the southern part of France on April 24. The celestial body flew over the Gulf of Lyon from Marcel do Montpellier at 20: 28 UTC, reports The Watchers.

The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 579 reports from eyewitnesses from France, Italy and Switzerland.

As noted by the observer from Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon, he thought it was a shooting star, but the fluorescent green color and orange trail behind the object surprised him. The flight of the celestial body, according to him, lasted about 3 seconds.

An eyewitness from the Courpierre region of Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes said it was the brightest meteor he had ever seen.