In the skies over Peru exploded fireball

In the sky above Peru on Thursday, 16 April, around 01:00 coordinated universal time exploded in a large fireball.

The American meteor society (AMS) has received several reports of eyewitnesses who noticed an unusual phenomenon in the South-Eastern regions of ICA and Callao, according to The Watchers.

Dozens of people in the cities of ICA and Lima described the fireball as a glowing a beautiful turquoise hue, which the sky stretched bright trail. In social networks the locals left a lot of feedback about the event. People describe the meteor as "a huge and bright, with a green tail red and orange flowers."

Security cameras installed in various areas, also filmed the passage of the meteor. In one of the videos is visible explosion and separation of the fragment from the celestial object. Experts suggest that the meteor crumbled and fell into the sea.

According to AMS, meteors enter the Earth's atmosphere at very high speeds, ranging from 11 to 72 km/s. Like the pool, hit the water, the celestial object is slowing rapidly, penetrating into the denser portions of the atmosphere. The densest part of the atmosphere is below 12 km from the Earth's surface.

In contact with air, the meteor is rapidly losing mass. The outer layer of a celestial body is continuously evaporates due to the high-speed collision with air molecules. The particle size to a few kilograms usually disappear completely in the atmosphere before they reach earth.

Earlier in the sky over Croatia exploded in a fireball.

Translated by «Yandex.Translator»