In Karachi, Pakistan, a sharp glow of light was seen in the sky on Monday night. People felt that meteors i.e. meteors are passing through the sky and it has been illuminated by that. After this, the social media was filled with pictures and videos with claims of shining meteorite in the sky. But was it really meteorite?
According to the report of Pakistan’s newspaper Dawn, weather analyst Jawad Memon said that it was not a meteorite but a meteor. That is, there were debris falling from the space, which were usually very small in size and most of them broke into a very small pieces of rocks with a large asteroid.
According to the report, Jawad Memon said, “A similar meteorite was seen on the sky of Karachi at 2:43 pm on March 17. It was burnt, like thousands of other meteorites seen all over the world, burning a streak of blue light on the burning sky.”
It is worth noting that the debris of space or any other item that enters the atmosphere of the Earth, it burns as soon as the gravitational force of its planet is facing gravitational force. Due to its falling very fast, it keeps light light in the sky.
What is the difference between meteor and meteor bodies?
Here you should know the difference between meteor and meteor bodies. Many people are calling it meteorite but it was actually a meteor. There is a difference between the two. The meteorite collides with the ground, while the meteor burns in the air itself. What was seen in Karachi was a meteor.
According to Dawn’s report, Aidil Shafiq, a member of the Karachi Astronomers Society, said that, “Karachi is also called ‘city of Roshni’. It cannot be a common phenomenon in such a city, but we see a lot of meteors in remote areas where there is hardly any population.”