Watch: 鈥楽hooting star鈥� meteor lights up Paris and Rouen skies
The accurate prediction of the bright meteor has also been hailed as a sign of 鈥榤ajor progress鈥� in asteroid detection capabilities
The meteor appeared in the night sky before burning up in the atmosphere and causing a bright flash over Rouen, Paris, much of northern France, and southern England
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A bright 鈥榮hooting star鈥� that was seen over Paris at around 04:00 last night (Sunday, February 12) was a small meteor around a metre wide, the European Space Agency (ESA) has said.
The object entered the atmosphere and burned up, causing the impressive light.
The meteor, called 鈥楽ar2667鈥�, appeared in the skies above Paris and Rouen, and was also seen from parts of England.
The ESA said: 鈥淭his is only the seventh time that the appearance [of a meteor like this] has been predicted before it happens. A real sign of major progress in the global detection of asteroids!鈥�
A video from Le Havre, northern France, also shows just how bright the meteor was across the night sky as it burned up.
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