Another Fireball captured by Portuguese Meteor Network Cameras

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Another fireball crossed last night 21 to 22th February the sky over Portugal. It was registered by TEMPLAR4 and RO2 systems from Portuguese Meteor Network (pictures 1 and 2).

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We were able to compose two MPEG videos from individual BMP frames from each camera (videos 1 and 2).

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Rui Gonçalves calculated its initial velocity as being 58400 m/s, beginning at 117,1 km high and ending at 76,4 km (pictures 3 and 4).

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With a negligible mass its magnitude was estimated to be -2,7 according to Sirko Molau’s MetRec software, but we think its true magnitude was underestimated.