On the night of the 16th, a camera image of the night sky in the southwest direction from Shizuoka Prefecture showed a particularly bright fireball among shooting stars, and at the same time on SNS, "a sound like an explosion sounded near Mie Prefecture. Was posted one after another.

Experts say, "The sound is thought to be due to the shock waves generated by the fireball."

At 10:13 pm on the 16th, NHK's robot camera, which is shooting the southwestern sky from Numazu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, caught a fireball that emits a particularly bright light among the shooting stars flowing in the night sky.



An unmanned camera installed in Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture by a meteor observing expert also showed a fireball flowing in the southwestern night sky at the same time.



In addition, the images of multiple cameras installed by NHK in Shima City, Toba City, Tsu City, etc. in Mie Prefecture recorded that the night sky became bright for a moment at the same time.



Furthermore, on SNS, posts such as "the sound like an explosion" and "the window shook" were posted one after another near Ise City, Mie Prefecture at the same time, and similar reports were sent to local police stations and fire departments one after another. I did.



According to the police and fire department in Ise City, there are no reports of damage.



Mr. Daichi Fujii, a curator of the Hiratsuka City Museum who shot the video about this, said, "Since the fireball is flowing toward Mie Prefecture, the loud sound posted on SNS fell to the place where the fireball was low. It is thought that it is due to the shock wave caused by that. "

According to Mr. Fujii, the images of the cameras installed by Mr. Fujii in Hiratsuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture and Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture showed a fireball falling while emitting strong light.



Mr. Fujii said, "The sound that sounds like an explosion is thought to be due to the shock wave that accompanies the fireball. The fireball itself is not a rare phenomenon, but the fireball that accompanies the shock wave is rare. Since it was reported when a meteorite fell in Chiba prefecture in July. I don't know if it fell as a meteorite, but if multiple recorded images are collected, it may be possible to determine the exact position. " I'm talking.