Fireballs appear in America

Many people in New York City, USA saw a fire bridge glowing in the sky yesterday.

A meteor.Photo: wordpress.com.

Witnesses saw the light block appear at 12:45 local time and phoned Fox TV 29. People also reported fireballs on Twitter and Facebook social sites. Most witnesses say it is as bright as the moon.

Fox 29 informed the American Meteor Society that about 20 people phoned the TV channel to announce the arrival of the fireball on February 15. Most supernovae appear at night, so the meteor appeared on the board yesterday was an unusual phenomenon.

Experts say that people can see supernova during the day because it is a large block of rock flying into the earth's atmosphere.

'It is possible that this meteor has a diameter of 1.5 m and weighs more than 5 tons. According to my calculations, the energy of a meteor is equivalent to 100 tons of TNT, meaning it can create a hole more than 38 meters in diameter and about 4.5 meters deep , "Bill Cooke, a NASA scientist, said.

Chris O'Connell, a reporter for Fox 29, also saw a meteor. The reporter described it as a large, brilliant light block and flew at more than 53,000 km / h. Fortunately, the fireball does not crash into anything.