The sky of Norway suddenly lights up with a meteor

A large meteor lit up the skies in southern Norway briefly on Sunday, making a rattling sound as it crossed the sky, and experts said part of it may have fallen to Earth not far from the capital, Oslo.
There were no reports of material or human losses yet.

Reports of meteor sightings began coming in around 1 a.m. (local time) in Norway, with a video circulating on social media showing at least one flash of light illuminating a marina in Holmestrand, south of Oslo.

Today, Sunday, the Norwegian meteorite network is analyzing the video clip and other data, in an attempt to determine the origin and destination of the meteorite.

The network said that preliminary data indicate that part of the meteorite may have fallen to Earth in a densely forested area, called Finnimarca, only 60 kilometers west of the capital, Oslo.

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“It was crazy,” said Morten Billet, a network worker who saw the meteor and heard the sound it made.

He added that the meteor’s speed was 15 to 20 kilometers per second, and it illuminated the sky during the night for about five to six seconds.

And he continued, “What we witnessed last night was a large rock that probably travels from an area between Mars and Jupiter, which is our asteroid belt, and when it passes at a lightning speed, it causes a rumble, light and great excitement among us (we experts) and may raise a degree of fear among others.”

Billett said there were no reports of material damage or people feeling too frightened, as happened in 2013 when a meteor exploded over Russia.

Source: Reuters