Explainer: Meteorite or Chinese satellite captured in the sky from MP to Maharashtra? Watch

A strange light appeared in the sky from Madhya Pradesh to Maharashtra late Saturday evening, the video of which became increasingly viral.

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A strange light appeared in the sky from Madhya Pradesh to Maharashtra late Saturday evening. 

People started sharing the video of the incident on social media and after that many kinds of rumours started spreading. 

Some said meteorite and some claimed Chinese satellite. Know from the expert what it was... A strange light appeared in the sky from Madhya Pradesh to Maharashtra late Saturday evening, the video of which became increasingly viral. 

People started sharing videos of this incident on social media.  In the video, something like a ball of fire was seen coming from the sky toward the ground, due to which panic spread among the people. 

Seeing the ball of fire seen in the sky, many kinds of rumours started spreading. Some said meteorite and some claimed Chinese satellite. 


Know from the expert what it was...

What the experts said about the astronomical event, the people of Malwa and Nimar areas of Madhya Pradesh got a little scared after seeing this incident happening in the sky. 

People felt that this fireball should not fall on their homes. This wonderful sight was seen in the sky in Khargone too. When bright coloured lights were seen in the sky, it became a matter of curiosity among the people. 

On this astronomical event, the expert told that this is a common phenomenon. A large number of comets revolve around Jupiter and Mars. Sometimes when they come towards the earth, they appear like fire due to the friction of the atmosphere. 

If these particles fall then it is a big deal for the scientist. They find out which particles are in them. 

This was very important from a scientific point of view, regarding this matter, Santosh Kumar Rathod of the Government Postgraduate College of Physics, Khargone, says that there is a very large asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars in the solar system, that is, the belt of comets. 

They are revolving around the Sun in lakhs and crores of numbers. Comets range in size, and mass, from tiny particles to tons in weight. Asteroids are seen moving around the Earth. 

When it comes under the gravity of the earth, it starts getting attracted towards the earth rapidly. When they enter the atmosphere, heat is produced due to friction with the air. 

Due to friction, they catch fire and they look like balls of fire. These pieces are very important from a scientific point of view. Their microscopic examination will reveal which elements are there in them. 

An eyewitness Prakash Prajapat told us that we had gone to visit the ISKCON temple of Rajpura located near Khargone. At around 7:50 pm, four glowing spheres were seen encircling the sky. They were seen coming on the ground fast from the east, so we made a video.     

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