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| Name | A meteoroid as seen from the Space Station… make a wish! |
| Video Uploader | Video From European Space Agency, ESA |
| Upload Date | This Video Uploaded At 16-11-2017 07:59:08 |
| Video Discription | A series of night-time photos were taken by ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli on 5 November around 22:33 GMT, here shown in a time-lapse with a 1-second interval, while the Space Station was flying from the southern Atlantic Ocean over to Kazakhstan. Paolo was lucky enough to capture a fast fireball falling to Earth over the Atlantic Ocean, off the South Africa west coast -- look closely between 00:07 and 00:08 seconds at upper right in this video. A fireball is basically a very bright meteoroid -- a small bit of natural “space rock” -- entering Earth’s atmosphere and burning brighter than the background stars. This particular meteoroid was moving much faster than typical, with an estimated speed of around 40 km/s, according to experts working on near-Earth objects (NEOs) in ESA's Space Situational Awareness Programme. "This speed is actually quite fast for meteoroids, which typically enter the atmosphere at around 20 km/s," says Rüdiger Jehn, SSA NEO segment co-manager. ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli in currently working and living on board the International Space Station as part of the Italian Space Agency’s long-duration VITA mission. Follow the VITA mission: http://blogs.esa.int/VITAmission/ Connect with Paolo via http://paolonespoli.esa.int |
| Category | Science & Technology |
| Tags | meteorite | fireball | space rock | International Space Station | Paolo Nespoli | near-earth object | ESA's Space Situational Awareness Programme |
