3/0 evening

Netizens in Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang

Witness a glittering fireball streak across the sky

Many netizens have recorded it

This fleeting spectacle of magnificence

Social platform

Everyone posted videos and photos one after another

Some netizens said yesSouthwest of Wuxi

A super-large blue-green meteor was photographed

Many people replied in the comment area

I also saw it at Qian Bridge and Weir Bridge

"For a moment I thought it was fireworks"

"I also saw it, someone really filmed it, so exciting"

Many Nanjing netizens also said that they saw it

Enthusiasm for the Friendship of the Nets:

Regardless of three, seven, twenty-one, make a wish first

Except in Jiangsu

There are also netizens in Shanghai who photographed it

Is this a fire meteor, or is it an artificial satellite that crashes into the atmosphere? The reporter consulted Wang Kechao, director of the Science Popularization Department of the Purple Mountain Observatory,He said that from the available data, it can basically be confirmed that this is a fire meteor.In general, artificial satellites and the like fall into the atmosphere at a smaller angle,And when this meteor falls, the angle is more vertical.This is the key to distinguishing the two.

According to Shi Wei, director of the Internet Science Department of the Shanghai Planetarium, we usually call it a "fire meteor", which mainly refers to a relatively bright meteor. resembleThis one is indeed much brighter than the average meteor, not very common, there may be more than a dozen in a year, so everyone is still lucky.

How are fire meteors formed?

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A fire meteor is a phenomenon in which a meteoroid with a diameter of more than 1 meters enters the atmosphere, and due to friction with the atmosphere, the meteoroid begins to ablate, and finally triggers an airburst, causing the meteoroid to disintegrate.

Fire meteors are very bright, usually large meteors with a magnitude of -5 or more and a mass of more than 0 grams. And it will be like a glittering giant fire dragon across the sky, some fire meteors will make a "rustling" sound, some fire meteors will have an explosion sound, and a very small number of fire meteors with very high brightness can also be seen during the day, which is the most amazing astronomical phenomenon in the sky.

There were fewer clouds in Wuxi and other places last night

High visibility

for the observation of fire meteors

Ideal conditions are provided

Did you photograph a meteor last night?