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The fiery ball flew over 3 US states causing a big explosion

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The fiery ball flew over the states of Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi

On April 28, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) officially confirmed: around 13:00 (GMT) on April 27, a fireball was first detected at an altitude of 87km above the sky. Mississippi River, near Alcorn, Mississippi.

Some people in the states of Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi also saw this fireball in the sky. Soon after, people across Mississippi said they heard a loud “boom,” according to the news site. Space.com.

The explosive sound emitted by a fiery meteorite as it raced through the Earth’s atmosphere at 88,500 km/h, producing the equivalent of 3 tons of TNT as energy when it broke apart. This explosion created a shock wave that reached the ground and caused an extremely loud sound, according to the news site NASA.

NASA scientists say this object is an asteroid about 0.3m wide that has disintegrated in a marshy area north of the town of Minorca, Louisiana. DRAWAt its peak, the fireball was 10 times brighter than the full moon.

Satellites in orbit were able to clearly see the event.

The Geostationary Lightning Mapping (GLM) instrument – of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – on Geostationary Active Environment Satellites (GOES) 16 and 17 detected several bright flashes when meteorites break up in the atmosphere.

Also according to the news agency APafter the explosion, to reassure residents, the Claiborne County Emergency Management Agency posted a statement on Facebook confirming the meteorite explosion and noted: “The Grand Gulf Nuclear Station in Mississippi was not involved in the incident. incident and the site is safe. There is no threat to the area.”

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