The Astronomical Society of the Caribbean captured images of an impressive and slow meteor visible from Puerto Rico on the early hours of sunday, december 28, 2014. The biggest Astronomical Society on Puerto Rico and the Caribbean (Sociedad de Astronomía del Caribe) had reports confirming the meteor was visible from all the Island. There is an investigation about the possibility of space junk being related, because a Proton-M Russian rocket was launched carrying the Astra-2G communications satellite on December 27. Another Russian rocket was launched on December 26 with the Resurs-P2 Earth observatory. The reentry of another rocket, a Falcon 9, was excepted this weekend and the possible relation to this event is being investigated. Because the meteor was seen for 44 seconds, it is possible that one of these rocket bodies reentered Earths atmosphere over Puerto Ricos skies. However, it can be a small asteroid and the incident was reported to NASAs Ames Research Center in California for further investigation. The meteor was moving from SW to E-NE and the video shows the meteor in real (actual) speed. Another event in Brasil There was another incident in Brazil, which also ocurred on December 28 in which a rocket reentered the atmosphere causing impressive sightings and even a small tank was found at a farm, very similar to a household gas tank. Pictures available at the following sites: https://youtube/watch?v=KaMPBplzwzc
Posted on: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 22:04:58 +0000
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