Cometary fireball on 27 Sept. 2016 (at 3:11 UT)

Posted by Jose Maria Madiedo | Sep 28, 2016 | Fireballs, News | 0 |

This fireball overflew the Mediterranean Sea on 27 Sep. 2016 at 3:11 UT ( 5:11 local time). The event was produced by a meteoroid from Comet P/2005 T4 (SWAN) that impacted the atmosphere at about 250000 km/h. It started at a height of 130 km over the sea level and ended at an altitude of 84 km. It was recorded by several meteor-observing stations operating in the framework of the SMART Project in Spain.

The bolide belongs to the September omicron-Orionids meteor shower.

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Jose Maria Madiedo

PhD in Astrophysics and PhD in Chemistry. I currently work as Associated Doctor at the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC). I am the coordinator of the Southwestern Europe Meteor Network (SWEMN), which operates in Spain and neighbouring areas (www.swemn.org). I am running the SMART Project (Spectroscopy of Meteoroids in the Atmosphere by means of Robotic Technologies). In the framework of this survey I currently operate over 80 high-sensitivity video cameras and spectrographs from 10 different observatories, together with three systems for the detection of radio meteors. I also conduct the MIDAS Project (Moon Impacts Detection and Analysis System) together with the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA), to detect and analyze impact flashes produced by meteoroids that hit the lunar surface.

Cometary fireball on 27 Sept. 2016 (at 3:11 UT)

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