Meteor weighing more than 220 kg was observed by the inhabitants of new York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and other States. Program experts on the observation of heavenly bodies NASA Watch Meteor shot as he fired in the atmosphere.
Scientists have traced the flight line of movement of the heavenly bodies and even recreated the picture he "saw" would be closer to the Earth. Meteor weighing more than 220 kg entered the planet's atmosphere over the Western part of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, but in General it can be observed from the Atlantic coast to the Midwest.
3 cameras scientific workers followed the movement of the object. He moved with a speed of 20 km per second at an altitude of approximately 100 km As noted official community NASA Meteor Watch in Facebook, after a bright flash of scientific workers lost meteorite at an altitude of approximately 20 km above Kittanning.
Days.Ru wrote that the Earth was closer and more massive celestial body. At the end of January 2015 astrologers told about the asteroid with a mass of 157 million tons. He approached the Earth at the minimum possible distance.
Scientists explained that this convergence allows you to learn many new things about the asteroid, to see his plane and to follow the trajectory. The collision with the Earth is not threatened, in consequence of this fear is not necessary. But to watch a half-mile outer body can be even using a small telescope or strong binoculars.
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