Search on in Thailand for debris from 'green fireball' meteor

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Search on for debris from 'green fireball' meteor
Pathinya Srisupamart,
Manit Sanubboon
The Nation



BANGKOK: -- THE search is on for pieces of a meteor that was seen hurtling across the sky like a green fireball on Monday night.

"It's possible that some parts of the meteor might have fallen onto the Earth's surface," said Boonrucksar Soonthornthum, executive director of the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (Narit).

"We will try to find them and collect them for further studies".

The green fireball was visible to the naked eye in many parts of the country on Monday night, delighting and surprising onlookers.

Boonrucksar believes the meteor consisted of chromium or magnesium, which made it appear like a green fireball. He said it might have exploded between 60 and 100 kilometres from the Earth's surface.

"It's the first green fireball seen here," he said.

Although he thinks some pieces of the meteor might have landed on the Earth's surface, he said the space rock should have no serious impact on people or animals.

"There may have been some minor impact from the sonic boom," he said.

Worawit Tanwuthibandit, a scholar who studies astronomy and is an adviser to an observatory in Chachoengsao province, said asteroids pose a big threat when crashing into the Earth only if they are big in size.

The last asteroid that travelled near the Earth was Asteroid 2015 TB145, which came closest on October 31. The distance between it and the Earth was still around 499,000 kilometres.

"It must have been at least 280 metres in diameter and travelled at a speed of 126,000 kilometres per hour," Worawit said.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Search-on-for-debris-from-green-fireball-meteor-30272220.html


-- The Nation 2015-11-04

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"Although he thinks some pieces of the meteor might have landed on the Earth’s surface, he said the space rock should have no serious impact on people or animals."

unless of course you are struck by the meteor, in which case you are dead.

[soalbundy]

you would have to sift through a lot of other debris first to find it

[Usernames]

Green, eh? Could be from Mars??? The things some people will do to avoid going through the line at immigration.

[john s s]

i think they should look in udon thani i was walking my dogs when this happen it was just like day light for a about 6 seconds then there was a tail in different colours that seem to disappear as if it had gone down to ground behind the houses it was something to really see

[from the home of CC]

Green is for cash. Buy up boys, means a farang gonna win the lottery.

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[CantSpell]

Could have been worst

[MaxYakov]

I thought the green ones were Kryptonite!