Watch: Meteor shower lights up Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh skies

As rare as it is, the residents of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh managed to capture a stunning video of what appears to be a meteor shower in the night sky. 

The sky was seen light up in areas like Nagpur in Maharashtra and Jhabua, Barwani districts in Madhya Pradesh.

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#WATCH | Maharashtra: In what appears to be a meteor shower was witnessed over the skies of Nagpur & several other parts of the state. pic.twitter.com/kPUfL9P18R

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Now, for the unversed, meteors are basically referred to as 'shooting stars' in layman's terms. But, they are rock-like objects which enter the earth's orbit with massive speed moving in one direction. Their speed is said to be around 30 and 60 km per second. 

According to Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Center for Astrophysics, this event is was likely a re-entry of a Chinese rocket stage that was probably launched in 2021. 

He tweeted, "I believe this is the reentry of a Chinese rocket stage, the third stage of the Chang Zheng 3B serial number Y77 which was launched in Feb 2021 - it was expected to reenter in the next hour or so and the track is a good match."

On the other hand, the president of Skywatch group, Suresh Chopade stated that this might be a satellite. He said, "It seems like a satellite of some nation might have fallen accidentally or may have been caused to fall intentionally. It does not seem like a meteor shower or fireball." However, Chopade did not rule out the possibility of a meteor shower.