At night, the stars usually flash in the sky along with the Moon. In itself, it is a heavenly show. However, in some instances, a fleeting wake may surprise its observers.
This happened in the early hours of Thursday when an intense meteor It was seen in Puerto Rico. However, the most curious thing was not its sighting, but its color: A brilliant tone of orange.
The celestial body was Visibile at about 12:36 am to the East-Senter.
“The color indicates the composition of the space fragment and this time it was a meteor with a high sodium content”he said, in written statements, the Caribbean Astronomy Society (SAC).
The educational entity captured images of the meteor at various angles, and stressed that The orange color was observed both on the meteor’s journey, as well as in the final flash or in the brief explosion that occurs at the time of greater friction with the atmosphere.
“Although the color was seen beautiful, even in another monochromatic chamber (black and white) it was very striking,” said the SAC.
According to the organization, An analysis of the trajectory showed that it was a “antihelio” meteor. This means that the celestial body came from the opposite area where the sun is located.
The SAC explained that antihelios meteors consist of asteroid and comet particles that were originally close to Jupiter, or influenced by the enormous gravitational force of that planet.