We received 61 reports about a fireball seen over Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein and Thüringen on Thursday, September 9th 2021 around 19:36 UT.
For this event, we received 4 videos and 5 photos.
We received 70 reports about a fireball seen over Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Baden-Württemberg, Basel-Landschaft, Berne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Canton of Bern, Fribourg, Grand Est, Graubünden, Lombardia, Neuchâtel, Piemont, Piemonte, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rheinland-Pfalz, Schwyz, Solothurn, Ticino and Trentino-Alto on Monday, September 6th 2021 around 18:33 UT.
For this event, we received 3 videos and 3 photos.
Meteor fireball over the sky of Brittany on September 5, 2021.
We received 379 reports about a fireball seen over Île-de-France, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Bretagne, Brittany, Centre-Val de Loire, Cymru, England, Hauts-de-France, Normandie, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitanie, Pays de la Loire, St Helier, St Martin, Vale and Wales on Sunday, September 5th 2021 around 21:47 UT.
For this event, we received 5 videos and one photo.
The Croatian Astronomical Union has reported that a meteorite fell in the Rijeka area on the night of August 14.
Experts from the Croatian Astronomical Union estimate that a lump weighing about 150 grams ended up on the ground, but say they will not go looking for it because of the dangerous and impassable terrain.
The fireball was filmed by cameras of the Croatian Meteor Network from Buzet, Hum, Pula, Roč and Tićan, but also by cameras of the Global Meteor Network from Italy and Slovenia, and even from Prague.
If a small asteroid or large meteoroid survives its fiery passage through the Earth's atmosphere and lands on its surface, it is then called a meteorite, scientists say.
But what many South Africans thought was a spectacular meteor shower early on Tuesday evening was actually a "bolide", a very bright meteor that often explodes on entry into the Earth's atmosphere and can be seen over a wide expanse. It comprises 1 to 10-metre rocks of around 1 648°C and can also be called a fireball.
Dr Daniel Cunnama, science engagement astronomer at the SA Astronomical Observatory, said: ''A bolide is a single meteor breaking up on entry. A bolide is a very bright meteor.