Watch CCTV footage of meteor fireball hurtling over the UK

Astronomers have caught the moment a meteorite turned into a fireball as powerful as a nuclear explosion just 21 miles above the Earth and headed over Nottinghamshire.
By The Newsroom
Published 1st May 2015, 14:30 BST
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The fireball was seen across the UK and was observed in the skies above Nottinghamshire.

Footage of the “car-sized” meteorite burning up in the atmosphere was so good because it was destroyed much lower than the usual 50 to 70 miles up.

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The video was recorded by the United Kingdom Meteor Observing Network at Portadown on Sunday at around 10.10pm.

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