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The fall of large meteorites was observed in the sky over Japan

Added	Sun, 12/12/2021
Источники	earth-chronicles.ru youtube.com
Дата публикации	Sun, 12/12/2021
Версии	Meteor

After 7:00 pm on the 10th, multiple "fireballs" were observed throughout the country. Reports of observations of the "meteor shower" came from all over Japan.

The meteorite fall was recorded by cameras in Aichi and Chiba prefectures. The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan also received information that fireballs were seen over a vast area, for example, in the prefectures of Saitama and Fukuoka.