An 'Especially' Bright Meteorite Was Observed Over Mexico As It Lit Up The Skies

Stargazers in northeastern Mexico looked up around 10:14 p.m. local time, a couple of days ago, to find an extremely bright fireball light up the sky.

It has now been reported that it was an especially bright meteor 每 falling through Earth＊s atmosphere.

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The meteor was also caught on some security cams, webcams and doorbell cams.It was visible over the city of Monterrey 每 in the Mexican state of Nuevo Le車n. Local newspapers in Monterrey reported that the meteorite, or chunk of space rock left after the meteor＊s fall, landed in a small town in the neighbouring state of Tamaulipas.

According to Newsweek, ＆The fireball was most visible above the states of Nuevo Le車n, Coahuila and Tamaulipas, which border the U.S., around 10:14 p.m. local time, according to the Global Atmospheric Monitoring Agency, part of Mexico＊s Institute of Geological and Atmospheric Research＊.

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A few days ago, many people reported the sighting of a streaking ＆fireball＊ over Pennsylvania and Ohio between 4:00 and 6:30 am, that remained in the sky for a short time before disappearing from view.

It was later established that the fireball was a meteor that ＆dove almost straight down into the atmosphere＊.

What is a Fireball?

Thousands of meteors of fireball magnitude occur in the Earth＊s atmosphere each day. However, a majority of these occur over oceans and uninhabited regions, and many cannot be seen because of the daylight. Those that occur at night also stand a low chance of being detected due to pollution and the relatively low numbers of people out to notice them.

Huge fireball lights up the sky in Monterrey, Mexico. According to the Mexican Civil Defense Ministry, the object was probably a meteorite breaking up as it entered earth's atmosphere pic.twitter.com/CenCPCoDYR

〞 Reuters (@Reuters) October 9, 2020

This particular meteor seemed really bright.

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