Several stations of the Network of the University of Malaga (UMA) and the Malaga Astronomy Society (SMA) have recorded, at 02:02 hours this morning, a brilliant ball of fire over the province of Cáceres.
Specific, The stations of Sierra De Fuentes have recorded it (UMA/SMA/University of Extremadura) in Sierra de Fuentes (Cáceres), Dehesa San Francisco (UMA/SMA/FMM) in Santa Olalla del Cala (Huelva), El Viso (UMA/SMA/El Viso City Council) in El Viso (Córdoba), the Torcal Observatory (UMA/SMA/OAT) in Antequera (Málaga) and Málaga capital (UMA/SMA).
The image released by the UMA shows the last frame of the video of Sierra de Fuentes and the full moon and the fireball are pointed out, allowing their brightness to be compared. “Precisely, meteors that, like this one, equal or exceed the brightness of the full moon are called fireballs”, explained Alberto Castellón, head of the UMA Network.
the rock fragment It began to be detected at an altitude of 85 kilometers southeast of the provincial capital. It moved 55 kilometers in a northeasterly direction at an average speed of 67,000 kilometers per hour with several explosions, ceasing to be visible when it was 23 kilometers high.
The orbit of origin was almost in the same plane as that of the Earth, which suggests that it came from an asteroid. Its spectrum has also been obtained, which will allow its composition to be deduced.
Given its low final velocity and amount of mass, coupled with having gone so deep into the atmosphere, it is quite possible that some material may have survived by producing a meteorite, Castellón has indicated.
Source: Lasexta
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