Watch: Another meteor clearly visible in the night sky over Krugersdorp
While the rest of the world stood in awe of the 2017 solar eclipse, Krugersdorpers had the chance to see one of the clearest meteors slice through the sky.
A video of a meteor falling out of the sky was sent to the News last night, 22 August.
While the rest of the world watched the sun disappearing into the darkness of the moon, Jan Breytenbach saw something spectacular right here at home.
The video starts with a black sky and inspirational speech in the background. Nothing much happens, and then out of the blue a ball of white light slashes through the darkness.
“Whoa,” exclaimed Jan while seeing the light flash.
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The speech in the background adds to the ambience with the inspirational speaker saying: “Count your blessings.”
Jan turned down the radio and said “Dit was cool.”
The last meteor that fell to the earth in Krugersdorp was on 15 June at about 6pm.
Read more here: Krugersdorpers spot meteorite slicing through the sky
See video here:
Interesting facts about meteorites:
- Meteoroids are small pieces of comets or asteroids orbiting the sun. Meteors are meteoroids that enter the earth’s atmosphere but burn out before reaching the earth’s surface. They’re commonly known as shooting stars. A meteorite is a meteoroid that passes through the earth’s atmosphere and lands on the ground.
- Asteroids are small pieces of matter that is composed of carbon, rock, or metal and orbit the sun.
- Meteors are commonly about 1 metre in diameter, but every single one has a different size and mass.
- Almost all meteors contain extra-terrestrial nickel and iron.
- When a meteor hits the earths’ atmosphere it can travel to speeds of up to 200 000 km/hour.
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