The fireball was likely significantly brighter than the full Moon, indicating a sizeable incoming meteoroid. It was a long-duration event, lasting over 4 seconds. The meteor reached peak brightness in a series of bright flares, which appear to have resulted in fragmentation of the meteoroid - several fragments are visible towards the end of the luminous path. It appears likely that the incoming meteoroid was comparatively slow and that the event may have resulted in a meteorite fall - into the Mediterranean sea.
DID YOU SEE IT?HUGE #meteor (bolide) in the skies over Torregrande, Sardinia yesterday evening, August 16th! Video: @ClaudiuPorcu via Irina Gencheva pic.twitter.com/WFq4jwaJxl
— severe-weather.EU (@severeweatherEU) August 17, 2019
A bright fireball (meteor) lit up the skies over the western Mediterranean yesterday; this video is from Menorca, Balearic Islands. Video: @MiriamSintes / Laboratorio de Climatología - Universidad de Alicante pic.twitter.com/TnlOkjPeBf
— severe-weather.EU (@severeweatherEU) August 17, 2019
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