The director of the International Astronomy Center in the Emirates, Eng. Mohamed Shawkat Odeh, said that there is no expected damage due to the meteorite expected to fall in Canada.
Odeh said in his statements, that the meteorite that penetrated the atmosphere in Canada on Saturday afternoon, after midnight, its diameter before penetrating the atmosphere was a meter, and after the penetration it shrinks the size, and it is expected that the body mass that reaches the Earth will only be 10-20 cm, and therefore there is no damage Expecting it.
Odeh explained that the surveillance cameras monitored a shiny green ball in the sky, which means the space body penetrating the atmosphere.
He pointed out that the space body needs 15 to 30 minutes since the cover is penetrated to reach the Earth, and the body has no color or shine after its penetration of the atmosphere until its arrival Earth, so it is not possible to know the whereabouts of its fall immediately.
And that the time now in Canada is the middle of the night, and therefore no information about the meteorite has been received until the moment.
He emphasized that the space body before penetrating the atmosphere was small and only 1 m, and therefore cannot be described as the asteroid..
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