東海岸流星讓天文愛好者驚嘆不已

東海岸流星讓天文愛好者驚嘆不已

A possible meteor was spotted streaking above the East Coast as stargazers reported a “bright fireball” illuminating the skies.

可能是一顆流星在東海岸上空劃過，觀測者報告說一個“明亮的火球”照亮了天空。

The American Meteor Society said that more than 200 reports were received about a glowing white light around 11 p.m. Wednesday. The fireball appeared to rip northwest across the Long Island Sound to Connecticut.

美國流星學(xué)會表示，周三晚上11點(diǎn)左右收到了200多份關(guān)于白光的報告?；鹎蛩坪跸蛭鞅狈较蛩毫?，穿過長島海峽到達(dá)康涅狄格州。

Among the states that witnessed the possible meteor were Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Virginia.

在可能出現(xiàn)流星的州中，有康涅狄格州、特拉華州、馬薩諸塞州、馬里蘭州、新罕布什爾州、紐約州、北卡羅來納州、賓夕法尼亞州、羅德島州、佛蒙特州和弗吉尼亞州。

“I just saw a BLAZING comet/meteor/SOMETHING flash across the sky,” a Queens resident tweeted. “The front cloud of it was a deep bright cerulean, the coma was orange, middle [nucleus?] was white and the tail was yellow.”

一位皇后區(qū)居民在推特上寫道:“我剛剛看到一顆熾熱的彗星/流星/或者其他什么東西劃過天空。”“它的前面是深而明亮的天藍(lán)色，暈是橙色的，中間的是核?是白色的，尾巴是黃色的。”

Another Twitter user from Connecticut tweeted: “Who else saw the incredible #meteor around 10:45 tonight?!!! It lit up that whole section of the sky like it was daylight!!! Bright green tail too. Unbelievable!!”

另一位來自康涅狄格州的推特用戶寫道:“今晚10:45左右，還有誰看到了這顆不可思議的流星?!!它照亮了整個天空，就像白天一樣!!明亮的綠色尾巴。難以置信! !”