Watch video: The meteorite that passed over Texas exploded in the sky, NASA showed where the fragments fell
It moved northeast at 30,000 mph and traveled 59 miles in the upper atmosphere. It then exploded at a height of 27 miles.
Last Sunday night at 9 a.m. northeast area of Texas, a fireball suddenly appeared over the sky. Hundreds of people have seen the event in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Now US space agency NASA has revealed that it could possibly be a piece of space from an asteroid. The agency also shows a map of the areas where its fragments fell.
NASA Meteor Watch wrote on Facebook that according to human data and camera footage, the meteorite first appeared on Texas Highway 11. It flew northeast at 30,000 mph and traveled 59 kilometers in the upper atmosphere. It then exploded at a height of 27 miles.
According to NASA, it shone like a quarter of a moon. This means that it was six inches [6 cm] in diameter and must have weighed close to 10 pounds [10 kg]. Its speed indicates that the ball of fire has been removed from the asteroid field. NASA also shared a map of where its fragments fell.
For some reason, when an asteroid crashes, its fragment is separated from them, called a meteoroid. When these meteorites approach Earth, they burn as they encounter the atmosphere and we see a light that looks like a shooting star, but they are not real stars.
Not all meteorites have to burn as soon as they reach the earth. Some meteorites are large and live on the earth without burning and are called meteorites. The NASA Johnson Space Center maintains a collection of meteorites found in various parts of the earth, and by studying this, asteroids, planets and mysteries of our solar system are being opened.