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The meteor glows and dissolves leaving a golden light trail winding in the sky of Japan

The meteor moment rushes through the Orion Belt, leaving a trail of golden light that makes many astronomers in Japan excited.

The meteor moment rushes through the Orion Belt, leaving a trail of golden light that makes many astronomers in Japan excited.

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The Orion belt is a star array of the Orion constellation, consisting of three Mintaka, Alnilam and Alnitak stars.

The meteor glows and dissolves leaving a golden light trail winding in the sky of Japan Picture 1

That beautiful moment was recorded by Yasushi Aoshima on October 26. While rushing down and dissipating, due to the high-altitude winds blowing the shooting star, a trail of gold dust curled up.

According to an analysis of SonotaCo Meteor Network experts, this supernova comes from the orbit of Mars, a meteorite in the Asteroid Belt. Maybe due to the gravity of Jupiter or by colliding with another meteorite, it is deviated from the orbit that falls to Earth and creates a beautiful scenery in the sky of Japan.

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Update 24 May 2019