Video | Scenes of a meteor penetrating the atmosphere and lighting up the sky in Saudi Arabia this morning

Weather of Arabia - Activists on social media circulated photos and videos of the passage of an object with a bright light in the sky that was seen from several regions in the Kingdom.

The most visible clip, which is circulating on #Hail_Meteor
Filmed from Qassim to the west pic.twitter.com/4tvNKJ7rO4

- Indian Inspired Astronomer (@MulhamH) August 21, 2022

The Saudi astronomer, an Indian inspiration, republished photos and videos on his official Twitter page, in which he said: "The most visible clip, which is circulating on the Hail meteorite, was filmed from Qassim to the west."

A meteor was seen penetrating the atmosphere in the sky of #Saudi Arabia. Wish to watch it from #Hail and #Qassim
We may receive testimonials from other regions

The meteor illuminated the area with a green light, leaving a trail of smoke in its path in the sky

Analysis of photos and videos suggests that it is a medium-sized meteorite that burned in the atmosphere # Meteor_Hail pic.twitter.com/eOW4ThBmXo

- Indian Inspired Astronomer (@MulhamH) August 20, 2022

In a separate tweet, an Indian posted pictures with a comment in which he said: "A meteor was seen penetrating the atmosphere in the sky of Saudi Arabia. We wish to see it from Hail and Al-Qassim, and we may receive testimonies from other regions. The meteor lit up the regions with a green light and left a trace of its smoke in its path in the sky."

Explaining the astronomical phenomenon, Hindi added: “Often, small and medium rocks enter the atmosphere. If they are very small, the size of a chickpea, they will be known meteors, but if their size increases to the size of a football, a very high brightness may arise from them, such as this meteor, which is scientifically called a “fireball” and burning as a result of friction. the atmosphere due to the high velocity of rocks in space.

#Meteor_Hail pic.twitter.com/mxUBjW8MnK

— Anwar bin Muhammad Al-Muhaisen (@almohasen) August 20, 2022

He pointed out that: "Analysis of images and video clips suggests that it is a medium-sized meteorite that burned in the atmosphere ... a hail meteorite."

According to a large number of testimonies from different cities, the approximate location of the entry of the Hail meteorite between Hail , Medina and Qassim at an altitude of 80-120 km.
And if some of it survived, it might have reached the land between Taif and Riyadh pic.twitter.com/q18jI7Uke0

- Indian Inspired Astronomer (@MulhamH) August 21, 2022

What does the green color of the meteorite mean?

Meteorites are rocks from space debris that fall to the Earth due to the force of Earth's gravity. When the meteorite penetrates the atmosphere, the surface of the meteorite is subjected to intense heating as a result of friction with the particles of the atmosphere, so it burns and a visible band of bright light appears in different colors depending on the chemical composition of the space rock of which the meteorite is made, and the air that it passes through. Through it, in this case the green light indicates the presence of a high percentage of magnesium in the loose rock.