In the past month, there have been large fire meteors in many parts of the world, the most famous of which is that at 7:25 a.m. on December 23 last year, a large fire meteor appeared in Yushu, Qinghai, China, with a very high brightness and a long duration, and then experts from the Institute of Geogeology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences believe that this fire meteor has a diameter of 6.5 meters and a mass of about 430 tons, which is larger than the mass of the International Space Station.
At 7:44 a.m. on January 15, another meteor streaked over Urumqi, Xinjiang, and landed near Qitai and Mulei counties at the eastern end of the Jungar Basin.
On January 21, a flaming meteor also appeared in neighboring Japan, which faces each other across the sea.
According to a report by the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) reprinted by China News Network, the Kanto region of Japan and its vicinity at about 8:30 p.m. local time on the 20th, a large fireball appeared in the night sky, glowing green from the sky, and the brightest time was much brighter than the light of the moon.
Since it was dark and most of the people had not yet rested, many people witnessed this bright fireball glowing green, and those who were closer even heard the rumbling thunder, and the process of the fireball landing lasted for several seconds, and finally disappeared into the dark night sky.
This incident has also quickly become a hot topic on the Japanese Internet, in fact, Japan has also frequently appeared fire meteors recently, at 1:34 a.m. on November 29 last year, there were fire meteors falling from the sky on Honshu Island in Japan, which also glowed with a pale green glow, and the landing position was similar, making people wonder whether the two fire meteor events were for one thing, and there was an explosion during the landing of the fire meteors, and the strong light illuminated the night like day.
On July 2, a large meteor also appeared in the Kanto region of Japan (that is, the area where the meteor landed this time), and a meteorite was also dropped, and the meteorite fragments of the meteor were found in Chiba City.
Fire meteor is a large asteroid in space near the earth after being captured by the earth's gravity when it breaks into the atmosphere when it appears, it enters the atmosphere because of the high-speed friction with the air ablation phenomenon, so that the glow will be very bright, this phenomenon is relatively common in the world, but in a certain area of frequent landing of fire meteor phenomenon is very rare, Japan Honshu Island in half a year or so at least three fire meteors, no wonder some people feel very strange.
Resources:
"China News Network" January 21 article "Japan observed a huge "fireball" across the night sky, lasting several seconds"
Cover News January 30, 2020 article "30 Seconds | The Brightest Star in the Night Sky!" Huge meteors streak over Japan late at night"