Fireball over Germany ‘most probably’ asteroid fragment
11 December 2020 |
3:45 pm
The 7-second night-sky glow was likely an asteroid fragment entering the atmosphere, according to the German Aerospace Center. Some 90 witnesses across the country notified sightings to Europe's "fireball network."
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