Английская Википедия:2017 China bolide

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On October 4, 2017 around 8:07 PM local time, an extremely bright meteoroid fell over the northern Yunnan province of China, reaching maximum brightness roughly Шаблон:Convert above the ground.[1] The 8-second superbolide was widely recorded, as it fell in the late evening on the Mid-Autumn Festival, a fairly popular festival in China.[2]

Overview

Based on its incoming velocity of Шаблон:Convert and energy, the original asteroid was likely between Шаблон:Convert across,[3] slightly smaller than the 2015 Thailand bolide, which fell about 2 years previously, several hundred miles to the south.

This is the largest recorded meteor to fall over China since the 2000 bolide, which radiated about Шаблон:Convert of energy compared to the 2017 event's Шаблон:Convert. While it was only the 5th most energetic impact event of 2017, it was the largest one to occur over land, and a populated area no less.[1]

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