Not so long ago, Americans were shocked by what they saw. In the skies over the United States, there were mysterious bands of light that, at first, looked like meteorites. However, astronomers said it was space junk. See more details on this subject below.
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Suddenly, astronomical phenomena happen and leave thousands of people surprised by what they see. It was recently published that, last Friday, the 17th, several mysterious light bands crossed the skies of California and Oregon, in the United States.
Several people, when witnessing the phenomenon, decided to record the scenes with their cell phones. Afterwards, everything was shared on social media.
At first, it was mentioned that the Americans strongly believed that these were meteorites, that is, solid pieces of debris from objects such as comets, asteroids or meteoroids, originating from outer space and surviving the passage through the atmosphere until reaching the surface of a planet or moon.
However, after more detailed analysis, astronomers reported that, in fact, they were space debris that combusted when they came into contact with the atmosphere.
To better understand, space junk is objects created by humans that are in orbit around the Earth, but that no longer serve any useful function. This includes various spacecraft parts and debris left behind after launches.
After analysis, it was concluded that the object was a small Japanese communication satellite that had been docked to the International Space Station since 2009. However, the equipment had already been discarded in 2020 and, from then on, it orbited Earth as space junk.
In this way, it was noticed that only now, in 2023, the satellite entered a region of the Earth's atmosphere where the friction with the air atmospheric pressure was enough to generate intense heat and cause the object to disintegrate and burst into flames, lighting up the skies of the U.S."
