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| Pons-Brooks Comet filmed flying over eastern Russia |
| 2024-03-26 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Residents of the Far East were able to observe with the naked eye a bright object flying near the Earth, presumably Comet Pons-Brooks. Users published video footage of the celestial body on social networks. In the Far East, Comet Pons-Brooks was photographed flying over the Earth The comet was discovered in 1812. It is noted that the next time a celestial body will fly past the Earth will be in 71 years. The last time earthlings observed Comet Pons-Brooks was in 1954. Astronomers advised the Russians to focus on the constellation Andromeda to find the comet in March, and in early April on the constellation Aries. The comet will be best visible between sunset and midnight, they emphasized. As reported by Regnum news agency, the fall of a small celestial body was observed by residents of Germany on the night of January 21. It was noted that an asteroid about 1 meter in diameter exploded in the sky over Berlin. The fireball left a long trail of light, and fragments of the meteorite are being searched on the ground. There is probably little left of the celestial body. Thanks to the calculations of specialists, they knew about the approach of the asteroid in advance. The meteor's passage could also be observed in Leipzig and Prague. According to NASA calculations, the estimated crash site is the territory of the Nehnhausen community in the federal state of Brandenburg. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 Ukrainian's Patriot Systems took it out. /sarc |
| Posted by: Beldar Uneter3543 2024-03-26 12:52 |