2017 December 14, at 2:24 UT
On Dec. 14, at 3:24 local time (2:24 universal time) this amazing Geminid meteor was spotted over Spain. The event was produced by a fragment from Asteroid Phaeton that hit the atmosphere at about 122.000 km/h. It began at an altitude of around 101 km over the province of Cordoba and ended at a height of about 43 km. It was recorded in the framework of the SMART Project (University of Huelva) from the astronomical observatories of La Hita (Toledo), Calar Alto (Almería), La Sagra (Granada), Huelva and Sevilla.
2017 December 14, at 3:48 UT
On Dec. 14, at 4:48 local time (3:48 universal time) this bright Geminid meteor was recorded over Spain. The event was produced by a fragment from Asteroid Phaeton that hit the atmosphere at about 122.000 km/h. It began at an altitude of around 100 km over the province of Palencia and ended at a height of about 56 km over the province of Segovia. It was recorded in the framework of the SMART Project (University of Huelva) from the astronomical observatories of La Hita (Toledo) and Sevilla.
Summary of the 2017 Geminids peak (La Hita Astronomical Observatory)
This video shows an accelerated view of the Geminid meteors recorded during the peak of this shower by one of the cameras operating in the framework of the SMART Project from La Hita Astronomical Observatory (Toledo, Spain).
