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This video shows a bolide recorded from Spain on October 23, at 6:03 local time (equivalent to 4:03 universal time). It was brighter than the full Moon. The event was generated by a rock (a meteoroid) from a comet that hit the atmosphere at about 231,000 km/h. The fireball overflew Algeria, but because of its high luminosity it could be seen from a distance of over 800 km. It began at an altitude of about 122 km over the locality of Moughel (Algeria), moved southwest, and ended at a height of around 73 km over the locality of Boukais (Algeria).

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 Calar Alto, Sierra Nevada, La Sagra (Granada), Sevilla, and Mazagón. 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: SWEMN20251023_040320.