Fireball, which on Sunday was observed in the atmosphere, many residents of Texas, as well as debris falls from the sky, are the traces of meteoroids. On this, as , said the Federal Office for Civil Aviation USA (FAA).
Previously, FAA representatives stated that the debris could be parts of February 10, faced two satellites - Iridium American and Russian Cosmos-2251 ".
According to astronomers, Meteoroid represent celestial body the size of a small truck, and with the density of concrete.
Meteoroid - outer body, an intermediate in size between the interplanetary dust and asteroids. According to the classification of the British Royal Astronomical Society, called meteoroids outer body diameter of 100 micrometers to 10 meters. Visible trace of meteoroids, entered the Earth's atmosphere, called meteoric.
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