Large meteor wows Norway after blazing through night sky - BBC News

A meteor is a space rock that burns brightly after entering Earth's atmosphere at high speed.

The Norwegian Meteor Network says Sunday's fireball was visible for at least five seconds after it appeared at about 01:00 local time (23:00 GMT).

Travelling at about 16.3km/s (nearly 36,500mph), the meteor could be seen over large parts of southern Scandinavia, the network says.

Mr Rekaa woke up, he said, to "fantastic" videos of the meteor, which was "something very seldom seen" in Norway or anywhere in the world.

A team of experts have been sent to the area where the meteor is suspected to have landed, he added.

Initial research suggests thespace rock may have hit the ground in a wooded area called Finnemarka, about 60km (40 miles) west of Oslo.

One group of campers reported "a large explosion just above their heads", Mr Rekaa said.

Analysis of the meteor suggests it could have weighed at least 10kg (22lb).

While not astonishingly large, the meteor was special because so many people either heard or saw it, Mr Rekaa said.

His colleague at the Norwegian Meteor Network, Morten Bilet, was among the witnesses?

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