Nasa confirms fireball from outer space
The national aeronautics and space administration has confirmed the fireball which streaked across the thai sky on September 7 was an object from outer space with an explosive power of up to a quarter of the atomic boomb dropped on hiro-shima, the thai astronomical agency says
The object, thought to be a bolide, or a bright meteor, was the biggest of its kind seen this year, said saran poshayachinda, deputy director of the national astronomical research institute of Thailand
Mr saran said nasa has sent details to national astronomical research institute of Thailand saying the object weighed about 66 tonnes and was 3.5 metres in diameter
It entered the earth’s atmosphere at a speed of 75600 kph and people saw it at its brightest when it was 29.3 km above the earth, according to nasa