He lit up the skies in the middle of the night. The small asteroid Sar2667, also called meteoroid, passed overnight from Sunday to Monday above our heads, according to forecasts from the European Space Agency. Particularly visible in the north of France and the United Kingdom and about a meter in size, it could be seen shortly before 4 am.
On the side of Rouen (Seine-Maritime), the city closest to the passage of Sar2667, many Internet users have managed to film this moment, which is quite impressive.
This meteoroid had just been discovered on Sunday by the Hungarian program GINOP KHK, reports the specialized site Vigie Ciel. It is the seventh asteroid “discovered before colliding with our planet”, specifies the European space agency. She also welcomed “the rapid progress in the detection of asteroids! »
Just a few months ago, in November, astronomers discovered a meteor hours before it hit Canada, recalls the EarthSky site.