Space visitor over Puerto Rico

On Tuesday, April 9, at 4:01 local time, the camcorder in the town of Cabo Rojo in Puerto Rico recorded a celestial body that exploded in the Earth's atmosphere. A bright flash lit up the night sky with shining lunar month.

"This fireball passed over the Caribbean sea to the South of the city. Also in the shot you can see the balloon and alpha Centauri," said the operator, Frankie Lucena.

According to his estimates, the brilliance of the meteor was about -11. Using a computer model of the meteor environment, of the Earth, bill Cooke of the space flight Center the George Marshall NASA has calculated that such bright fireballs appear in average every 20 days. But to observe them rarely: about 70% of all meteors flash over the uninhabited ocean, and half — day, remaining invisible in the Sunny sky. So to catch on camera space of the guest — a great success.

Translated by «Yandex.Translator»