Nagpur. Thousands of citizens witnessed a rare celestial event in the skies of Vidarbha on the first day of Gudhi Padwa Chaitra Navratri. At around 7.45 pm, meteorites were seen passing like some fireworks in the sky. Whoever saw me stood there and stared at the beautiful sight. After that, a lot of speculations started. Hundreds of people shot from their mobiles and made it viral in social media. Some were telling it to be fragments of a meteorite, while some said that it could also be pieces of a spacecraft or satellite. Till late night, it was not clear what was the thing passing through the sky, but in many places, news of falling pieces started coming. Citizens got to see this wonderful sight in many cities and villages including Varangaon, Bhusaval, Amravati, Chandrapur, Nagpur, Gadchiroli, Jalgaon, Akot, Jamod. The soldiers of the Indian Army engaged in the security of Varangaon shot the video and also sent the Indian Army for investigation.
piece found in sindewahi
A piece of mysterious meteorite has also been reported to have fallen in Sindewahi of Chandrapur district. The administration there has also accepted this, but what is that piece, it will be known only after investigation. Suresh Chopne, president of Sky Watch Group, said that the body seen in the sky is less likely to be a meteorite, but it may be that very small fragments of a meteorite must have entered. It is more likely that it is pieces of a satellite. Efforts were made to know from many astronomers in this context, but for the time being, all the possibilities could be expressed. The pieces which have been seen by the civilians in the video seem to be pieces of some metal ring as can be in any rocket etc.
different claims
Various claims have been made in this context. People were also curious to know what was that thing that appeared in the sky. Some were even watching in the context of missiles being fired in this Ukraine-Russia war. A scientist from Raman Science Center said that in the viral video clip, a large rock is seen coming in the direction of the earth and as soon as it came in contact with the atmosphere, it split into small pieces. Let us tell you that a few years ago, the remains of a meteorite had also fallen in Katol.
pieces of spaceship
In this context, Navbharat’s Pune representative Shailendra Singh sent the related viral video to the officials of the Inter University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune. The organization has started investigating this mysterious fireworks. Vigyan Prasar Officer Sameer Dhurde told Navbharat in the context of this mysterious fireworks that it was not a fireworks seen burning in the sky but it could be the debris of a spacecraft or rocket, which after launching entered the Earth’s atmosphere from space. Will happen. He said that in the video it is seen divided into several pieces and moving in the same direction. Usually this does not happen with meteorites, so the chances of it being a meteorite are very less. At present, IUCAA officials are investigating this celestial event.
Pieces of Electron Rocket Booster!
It is noteworthy that in the context of the said celestial event, discussions are going on that these electrons can be pieces of rocket booster. The main reason for this argument is that only one rocket was launched in the whole world on Saturday. This rocket is about to be launched by a private space company named Rocket Lab from Mahia Island in New Zealand at 8.41 am. This rocket had a satellite named Black Sky. It is being told that this satellite was stabilized at an altitude of 430 km from the Earth. They could possibly be pieces of the same rocket.