Car-sized meteor exploded over Eastern Cape on Sunday, Wits
WEBAug 26, 2024 · A meteor the size of a car thundered through Eastern Cape skies on Sunday morning, as it exploded and scattered material across a wide area.
Rare meteorite fragment found in Eastern Cape provisionally …
WEBSep 3, 2024 · At 8.51am on 25 August, residents from as far afield as the Garden Route, the Karoo, the Western Cape and the Free State saw a bright blue-white and orange streak of light moving through...
WATCH: Eastern Cape residents report 'exploding meteorite'
WEBAug 26, 2024 · People reported hearing a loud explosion while some claimed the 'meteorite' gave off flashes of light, and crashed into the ocean. Some are claiming to have picked up bits that landed nearby....
Meteorite Strike in South Africa - JSTOR Daily
WEBSep 12, 2024 · On a Sunday morning in late August 2024 a nine-year-old girl named Eli-zé du Toit was sitting on her grandparents’ porch near a small town in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, when she heard a long rumble, then heard a rustling in a nearby fig tree. As she watched, a rock fell out of the tree. When Eli-zé picked it up, she noticed ...
Cape Town meteor - no impact on land - SABC News
WEBJan 17, 2019 · An astronomer from the South African Astronomical Observatory in Cape Town says it’s unlikely that a meteor, which exploded over Cape Town on Wednesday night, would have made any impact on land.
‘Who else just saw that?’ – ‘Small meteor’ lights up the Cape night …
WEBJan 18, 2019 · Social media users reacted with awe at a meteor that passed over the Western Cape on Wednesday night in loud, fiery fashion. People from Hermanus to Cape Town were amazed as a flash across the sky at about 20:00 culminated in a loud explosion.
Was it a meteor shower? 'Flying' light, 'twinkly banana' in ... - News24
WEBJun 23, 2023 · Capetonians have been left stumped by a string of lights in the night sky. Social media users reported seeing what may have been a meteor shower on Thursday night, but the South African Astronomical Observatory could not confirm what lit …
WATCH | Was it a meteor? A shooting star? SA abuzz after 'bright ...
WEBAug 24, 2021 · The bright, shining travelling object captured by cameras on Tuesday night could be a meteor or other object. A specialist in astrophysics said the object could also have been a satellite or pieces of an old rocket travelling through the sky.
Meteor spotted over the Eastern Cape - SABC News
WEBAug 25, 2024 · Residents across the Southern Cape and Eastern Cape coastline spotted a meteor this morning. Different people took to social media to explain what they saw, with some saying there was a loud bang at the end.
Meteor 'explodes' over Cape - Cape Town ETC
WEBJan 17, 2019 · A meteor illuminated the skies of Hermanus and its surrounds on Wednesday evening, with many residents of the small town reporting that they witnessed a massive streak of light flash across the sky between 8-8.30pm.
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