A ‘Ball of Fire’ meteor passes through SC and falls in Paso Fondo, RS

Last Thursday, February 24, was recorded in Tangaraa Brazilian city in the state of Santa Catarina, a meteorite passage called “fireballThe fall was recorded in Passo Fundo, a municipality in the interior of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The event was recorded at 9:50 pm on the said day. According to Professor Carlos Fernando Young, of Heller and Jung Space ObservatoryThe duration of the clip 2.63 secondswas the recorded height 93.5 kmturns off at height 57.8 kmwith the rated speed of 26.1 kilometers per second.

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Although these events, usually, do not cause major problems, in 2013, in the city Chelyabinsk, Russia, An asteroid caused severe damage, with an explosion roughly 30 times equivalent to the explosion caused by the atomic bomb used on Hiroshima in World War II. In this particular case, windows were shattered, buildings were damaged, and about 1,200 people were injured.

“Fireball” is an atypical phenomenon

Fortunately, that was not the case last Thursday. Josemar Justinoa member of the Brazilian Meteorite Observation Network (Bramon), supplemented the explanations and stated that “the meteor (the name given to the luminous phenomena) can be caused by the entry of any solid object into the Earth’s atmosphere, which is usually caused by meteorites – rocks up to one meter in height. They are called asteroids. Meteorites are rocks which eventually escape the heat generated when entering the atmosphere and reach the Earth.”

Curiously enough, this class of phenomena is generally known as a “meteor”, which is part of the cultures of many countries. It is normal for people, seeing this unusual event, to make some requests. Known in English as “fireball‘, is a remarkably luminous meteor, which produces a highly ionizing trace. Despite this characteristic, it is unlikely to be visible during the day.

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