A suspected depression or an impact crater, believed to be caused by a 'fireball' spotted on Friday night in several districts of Kerala, has been located in Karimalloor village in Ernakulam district today.
The disaster management team which rushed to the spot suspects the crater could be caused due to a meteorite fall. "The samples collected by the revenue department have been sent for further verifications to GSI", said Sekhar Kuriakose, heading the disaster management team.
Residents of Thrissur, Ernakulam, Fort Kochi and Kollam tweeted seeing the 'huge fireball' between 10 pm to 10.30 pm. According to the residents, a flash was seen across the sky and few cents of land in 2 different locations of Ernakulam district where the crater was noticed were also found charred.
However, authorities of the Disaster Management team dismissed speculation that the 'fireball' could be celestial debris, as the consortium of space agencies closely monitors any space related activities and would have notified the management of any such appearance.
Meanwhile, science author and cosmology researcher, Rajagopal Kamath, said that the 'fireball' could be "a rocket or satellite debris. It also could be stony chondrite meteorites as in many places people have claimed that they have seen a bluish flame, which is peculiar to any meteorites."
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