Image: GautengWeather/Twitter
Rock stars: Videos of spectacular ‘meteor shower’ over Gauteng
Social media is still abuzz after a meteor-like object which has since been identified as a bolide, was spotted in the Gauteng skies on Tuesday.
Image: GautengWeather/Twitter
South Africans shared various videos of the recent meteor-like object that was spotted in the skies on Tuesday evening.
A meteor, bolide or a rocket?
After Dr Daniel Cunnama, science engagement astronomer at the SA Astronomical Observatory initially said that it was not a meteor shower but actually bolide or the upper stage of the Chinese Yuanzheng-1S rocket being deorbited, South Africans still took to social media to share footage of the event on social media.
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