This video shows a stunning bolide recorded over Spain on October 6, at 2:44 local time (equivalent to 0:44 universal time). It was as bright as the full Moon. The event was generated by a rock (a meteoroid) from a comet that hit the atmosphere at about 127,000 km/h. The fireball overflew the provinces of Badajoz, Ciudad Real and Córdoba. It began at an altitude of about 104 km over the locality of Fuenlabrada de los Montes (province of Badajoz), moved southeast, crossed Ciudad Real, and ended at a height of around 29 km over the locality of Guijo (province of Córdoba).
This bright meteor was recorded in the framework of the SMART project, operated by the Southwestern Europe Meteor Network (SWEMN) from the meteor-observing stations located at Huelva, La Hita (Toledo), Calar Alto, Sierra Nevada, La Sagra (Granada), and Sevilla. The event has been analyzed by the principal investigator of the SMART project: Dr. Jose M. Madiedo, from the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC). Its code in the SWEMN database is: SWEMN20251006_004434.
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