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Mystery 'Meteor' Burning Over Australia
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A bright object that dazzled in the sky over Australia left people confused. Social media was abuzz with the pictures of the mystery fireball, with users claiming it was either a plane crashing into the ocean or a meteor.

A round object with a burning tail was spotted in the sky over Victoria, NSW, Tasmania and South Australia at about 9:45pm local time on Thursday night.


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Astronomers quickly dispelled all guesses and said the mystery meteor clearly had signs of a man-made object.

The images Ive seen show a lot of different colors, Astronomical Society of Victoria president Ken Le Marquand told AAP. When you get lots of colors, it usually means there are different materials in there - man-made materials, he said.

The Nobel Prize winning Australian National University Astronomer Brian Schmidt concluded that our fireball may well have been a piece of space junk.

Schmidts assumption was supported by Monash astronomer Dr. Michael Brown, who said that space junk crossed my mind, too.




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Dive (12-29-2014)
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Woah I live in Australia, Thank god it didn't have direct impact with anyone.
Could of been devastating.
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Space junk, so probably just a bit of an old satellite. Would still be amazing to see though.
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