Experts today said that despite its spectacular appearances, the meteor was probably only the size of a football.
今天专家们说，尽管看起来这么壮观，这颗流星可能只有一个足球的大小。
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Travel was arduous and costly throughout the period, possible only for a privileged class—the same that produced gentlemen scientists, authors, antique experts, and patrons of the arts.