Did you catch the meteor shower in Doha yesterday night?
If you looked up at the sky yesterday night, you may have seen something bright, fiery and shiny in the sky.
Many people said it may have been a meteor burning up upon entry into Earth’s atmosphere, but the duration of the bright light was unusually long.
Did you look at the sky and see the strange light? Many people did and have been sharing videos of it on social media. Here is a video of the phenomenon taken by one of our colleagues at QL.
There were also several people on Twitter who caught the action on camera.
Bola de Fuego Surca los cielos de Aspire Park Doha Qatar #Emiratos, el 16.10.2017 por Rimal Thani #Large #Meteor #Fireball #Ufo #Phenomenon pic.twitter.com/K08yzDj864
— ⚠David de Zabedrosky (@deZabedrosky) October 16, 2017
#Doha #meteor #qatar pic.twitter.com/bv9ATYqYUW
— IanMatt (@iMatt787) October 16, 2017
#Meteor at #Doha #Qatar!! pic.twitter.com/XdoDScrKPk
— Sai Subramanian (@beingsai912) October 16, 2017
Qatar's metrology department confirmed that it was indeed a meteor that was spotted. It put up the following post on Instagram.
#فلك :
— أرصاد قطر (@Qatar_Weather) October 16, 2017
فيديو يوضح مرور نيزك في أجواء #قطر مساء اليوم بدون خطورة، وهو عبارة عن جسيم في النظام الشمسي يتكون من حطام الصخور.
تصوير @jalkhater5 pic.twitter.com/kkAy88Jc99
What do you think of it? What could it have been?
Melcow
@OB224
Wow!
We have scientists in our group.
Well Done!
IT WAS THE RE-ENTRY OF A RUSSIAN SL-4 ROCKET BODY. MISSION WAS TO RESUPPLY THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. ITS ORBIT DECAYED 25 MINUTES EARLIER THAN ORIGINALLY PREDICTED.
http://www.aerospace.org/cords/reentry-predictions/upcoming-reentries-2-2/sl-4-rocket-body-2/
http://www.satview.org/?sat_id=42972U
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