“There were more than 400 sightings, mainly from Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as almost all Central European countries,” said a spokesman for the European Space Research Institute.
A meteoroid has burned up bright green in the night sky over southern Germany. “There were more than 400 sightings, mainly from Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as almost all Central European countries,” said a spokesman for the European Space Research Institute on Tuesday in Frascati, Italy. “The bolide was captured on numerous pictures and videos, on which a fragmentation of the object can clearly be seen.”
In addition, observers reported noises a few kilometers away late Monday evening. The meteoroid probably exploded in a so-called airburst. Data on the exact orbit of the celestial body, its size and the material are not yet available. According to observers, the track in the sky ran roughly from the southeast to the northwest, the spokesman said. “The size of the object also has to be determined more precisely, but based on the video recordings, I would visually estimate it to be around one meter or just over.”
“It was a pretty big meteor, basically a shooting star,” said Matthias Gräter, Managing Director of the Nuremberg Astronomical Working Group. The association operates the observatory in Nuremberg on a voluntary basis and recorded the glowing. The green color during the event likely comes from the iron in the rock glowing green as it burns up.