{"id":32655,"date":"2020-11-20T17:39:44","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T17:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=32655"},"modified":"2020-11-20T17:39:44","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T17:39:44","slug":"bright-meteor-lights-up-the-night-sky-over-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/bright-meteor-lights-up-the-night-sky-over-texas","title":{"rendered":"Bright meteor lights up the night sky over Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>Nov. 20 (UPI) &#8212; A bright meteor illuminated the night sky over southern Texas as part of the anticipated Leonids meteor shower, experts said.<\/p>\n<p>The fireball was caught on camera Thursday night across the Rio Grande Valley, an area of southern Texas and northern Mexico, including at the National Weather Service&#8217;s Brownsville station.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists said the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.valleycentral.com\/news\/local-news\/watch-meteor-seen-across-the-rio-grande-valley-thursday-night\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0bright light was a meteor<\/a>\u00a0from the Leonid meteor shower, which peaked on Monday but continued to cause sightings through the week.<\/p>\n<p>The Leonid meteor shower occurs every 33.3 years and is caused by Comet Tempel-Tuttle sweeping through the inner solar system.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-block embed-object\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: Nov. 20 (UPI) &#8212; A bright meteor illuminated the night sky over southern Texas as part of the anticipated Leonids meteor shower, experts said. 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