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Fireball lit up Tokyo's sky

A fireball that lit up the Tokyo sky early Thursday morning was probably a small meteorite, a space science expert said. The meteorite, believed to be just under 1 meter in diameter, moved from southwest to northeast in the sky above the Japanese capital while emitting a glow of light comparable to the glow of a full moon, and may have broken into pieces later, said Shinsuke Abe, an associate professor at Nihon University.

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