A green fireball crosses the sky before hitting a lake in Canada

a A bright green fireball crossed the sky over the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada in the past November 19thcausing surprise among witnesses who reported seeing a helicopter-like object drift silently through the air before illuminating large areas of the night like massive lightning.

The The luminous green object was small meteor It was discovered by astronomers just three hours before it crossed the earth’s atmosphere, caught fire and shattered into hundreds of pieces, the scientific portal announced. Live Science.

According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Most of these pieces probably crashed directly into Lake Ontarioalthough some smaller pieces may have impacted on the ground to the east of Grimsby, while larger blocks could have landed near McNab.

About this vision Al Nayzak International It announced that it had received at least 61 reports from people who testified Green fireball in New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and the neighboring province of Ontario, Canada.

Users on social networks posted photos and videos of this amazing event:

The fireballs meteors Exceptionally bright Which usually originate from asteroids or fragments of comets orbiting the sun, according to Container .

according to Science livesAnd the green fireball on november 19, Now officially called 2022 WJ1, it may have been a A small asteroid, no more than a meter in diameter.

When space rocks like this enter Earth’s atmosphere, they heat up and slow down due to intense friction, producing a visible trail of fiery light behind them, and depending on the meteorite’s composition, too. It can glow green as it falls towards its destination.

Fireballs are generally harmless.As most of its pieces burn up in the atmosphere before impacting the Earth. However, there may be some rare exceptions.

Like it happened on November 5 when a man in California claimed that a fireball burned down his house after it appeared in the sky moments before. However, experts from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection are still investigating the cause of the fire.