2023-09-09 15:12:49
«These are not rare events, they occur regularly. But I don’t remember having seen any in Bariloche. I once saw a similar incident on Route 23″. Astronomy fan Daniel Chiesa referred to the light that marked the sky of Bariloche this morning and that was followed by a loud roar that was felt in several sectors of the city and that motivated dozens of calls to the Civil Protection Secretariat.
Chiesa confirmed that what might be seen this morning was a “car”. «They are fragments of rocks that are in the solar system (called meteoroids) that orbit around the sun and sometimes intercept the Earth’s orbit. If our planet is in that place, These objects enter the atmosphere at high speeds, causing what is called a meteor.«, indicated the person in charge of the astrotourism venture “Astropatagonia” in Bariloche.
He said that “it might be a shooting star – if it is small – or, a car like in this case«.
He pointed out that these events occur approximately 20 or 30 kilometers from the surface and “as a result of the high speed they carry.” They incinerate and explode, as happened last night, when that strong light was seen and it was felt to explode. “They are common events around the planet.”
He specified that the meteor is called a bolide because it is very large, although the rock that entered is already a meteoroid. They can measure between 4 and 5 meters and do not reach the surface since they explode in the atmosphere. «They cannot be predicted either.«, he concluded.
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