Huelva, Spain
Detectors of SMART project, of the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC), from the astronomical observatories of Seville, La Hita (Toledo), Calar Alto (Almería), Sagra (Granada) and Madrid, recorded the passage of a fireball over central Spain at 72,000 km / h.
According to the analysis of the main investigator of SMART project, José María Madiedo, from the Institute of Astrophy(…)physics from Andalusia (IAA-CSIC), The fireball was recorded yesterday, April 1 at 23:05.
The phenomenon occurred when a rock enters the earth’s atmosphere at a speed of about 97,000 kilometers per hour over the western part of the province. Toledo.
Due to this high speed, the sudden friction with the air caused the rock to become incandescent when it was at a height of about 92 kilometers, generating a bright ball of fire, which due to its high brightness could be seen from over 500 kilometers far away.
The fireball advanced in a northwesterly direction and disappeared when it was at an altitude of about 43 kilometers above the city of Toledo in Oropesa, after traveling a total distance of about 64 kilometers in the atmosphere.
Project detectors INTELLIGENT operates within Red from B(…)Oh(…)read and meteor from Southwest Europe (SWEMN), which aims to continuously monitor the sky to record and study the impact on the Earth’s atmosphere of rocks from various objects in the Solar System.