“Was That A Fireball?”: Meteor Sighting Lights Up Japan Social Media – NDTV

The fireball was visible for just a few seconds in the early hours of Sunday
Tokyo: A fireball spotted falling from the night sky over parts of western and central Japan has lit up social media, with users sharing images of the unusually bright shooting star.
Local media said the fireball was believed to be a bolide, an extremely bright meteor that explodes in the atmosphere.
“We believe the last burst of light was as bright as the full moon,” Takeshi Inoue, director of the Akashi Municipal Planetarium,…

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