The impressive fireball in this video was recorded from Spain on November 8, at 1:02 local time (equivalent to 0:02 universal time). It was brighter than the full Moon. The event was generated by a rock (a meteoroid) from Comet 2P/Encke that hit the atmosphere at about 105,000 km/h. The fireball overflew the province of Alicante (Spain). It began at an altitude of about 102 km over the locality of Verdegas (province of Alicante), moved northwest, and ended at a height of around 64 km over the locality of Castalla (province of Alicante).
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), Sevilla, Olocau (Valencia), 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: SWEMN20251108_000258.
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