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A bright meteor swept over the Netherlands

Added	Fri, 12/04/2024
Источники	gismeteo.by youtube.com
Дата публикации	Thu, 11/04/2024
Версии	Meteor

A bright fireball was observed in the sky over the Netherlands and nearby countries on the night of April 10.

The American Meteor Community received 396 reports from eyewitnesses about a meteor sighting. The flight of the celestial body was observed over the Auvergne-Rhone Alps, Baden-Württemberg, Brussels, Drenthe, Flevoland, Gelderland, Groningen, Hauts-de-France, Hesse, Limburg, Lower Saxony, North Brabant, North Holland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Overijssel and the Walloon region on Wednesday at about 19:57 UT.

Eyewitnesses captured the event in photos and videos.