A huge fireball “falls from the sky and crashes into a Chinese city”

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A huge fireball “falls from the sky and crashes into a Chinese county”, leaving residents stunned

  • Today a giant fireball was seen flashing in the sky over Nangqian, China
  • The videos show the flaming sphere exploding and plunging into the county
  • Local media suggested that the fast-moving object could be a very bright meteor
  • Chinese quake authorities say a fireball hit the ground at 7.25am

By Billie Thomson for Mailonline

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A giant fireball has been seen flashing across the sky and crashing into a county in southern China.

Images taken by stunned locals show an unidentified object exploding in a burning sphere as it rushes at a rapid speed toward the earth.

It is unclear what the fireball is, but local media suggest the possibility of a very bright meteor. No casualties were reported.

The giant fireball has been seen flashing across the sky over Nangqian in China this morning

The giant fireball has been seen flashing across the sky over Nangqian in China this morning

Several clips on Chinese social media show the suspicious meteor illuminating the sky

Several clips on Chinese social media show the suspicious meteor illuminating the sky

Several clips on Chinese social media show the suspicious meteor illuminating the sky as it falls in Nangqian County, Qinghai Province, northwest China.

The incident is said to have occurred around 7 a.m. Wednesday. Local residents reported hearing loud bangs.

One of the videos, shared by a science blogger on Twitter like Weibo, captures the moment the fireball is shot through the darkness as seen by a passenger on a flight from Xi’an to Lhasa.

The incident is said to have occurred around 7 a.m. Wednesday

Local residents reported hearing loud bangs

The incident is said to have occurred around 7 a.m. Wednesday in northwest China

In another piece of filming, the flaming object is seen descending rapidly towards hills and fields.

In a third clip, the fireball becomes brighter and larger as it approaches the ground.

Dan Ba, a local, said he witnessed the fireball while taking his son to school.

“It started very small, but three minutes later it became very big and bright,” the father told Pear Video.

One of the videos, shared by a science blogger on Twitter, like Weibo, captures the moment the fireball is shot through the darkness as seen by a passenger on a domestic flight

One of the videos, shared by a science blogger on Twitter, like Weibo, captures the moment the fireball is shot through the darkness as seen by a passenger on a domestic flight

Yu Jun, chief writer of the Chinese scientific website Guokr, told Beijing News that the fireball looked like a fireball, which is a very bright meteor.

China Earthquake Networks Center said it had recorded the incident. Authority said through its social media account that a fireball suspect landed near the border between Nangqian County and Yusu County at 7.25am.

The Nanxiang County government told Red Star News that it had heard about the matter, but that it did not have clear details.

Explanation: The difference between an asteroid, a meteorite, and other space rocks

An asteroid it is a large piece of rock left over from collisions or the first solar system. Most lie between Mars and Jupiter in the main belt.

A comet it is a rock covered with ice, methane and other compounds. Their orbits take them much farther from the solar system.

A meteor it is what astronomers call a flash of light in the atmosphere when debris is burned.

This garbage itself is known as meteoroids. Most are so small that they vaporize into the atmosphere.

If any of this meteoroid reaches Earth, it is called a meteorite.

Meteorites, meteorites and meteorites usually originate from asteroids and comets.

For example, if the Earth passes through the tail of a comet, much of the debris burns into the atmosphere and forms a meteor shower.

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