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This bright bolide was spotted from Spain on November 2, at 2:29 local time (equivalent to 1:29 universal time). The event was generated by a rock (a meteoroid) from a comet that hit the atmosphere at about 264,000 km/h. The fireball overflew Algeria and the Mediterranean Sea. It began at an altitude of about 131 km over Douar el Hasasna (Algeria), moved northwest, and ended at a height of around 81 km over the Mediterranean Sea.

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 La Hita (Toledo), Calar Alto, Sierra Nevada, La Sagra (Granada), Sevilla, and Otura (Granada). 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: SWEMN20251102_012928.