The bright fireball in this video was recorded from Spain on January 19, at 0:12 local time (equivalent to 23:12 universal time on January 18). The fireball was observed by several casual eyewitnesses, who reported it on social networks.
The event was generated by a rock (a meteoroid) from an asteroid that hit the atmosphere at about 89,000 km/h. The fireball overflew the regions of Evora and Portalegre, in Portugal. But because of its high luminosity it could be seen from the whole Iberian Peninsula. It began at an altitude of about 93 km over the locality of Sao Bento do Cortiço (Évora District, Portugal), moved northwest, and ended at a height of around 33 km over the locality of Ponte de Sor (Portalegre District, Portugal).
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, and Valencia del Ventoso. 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: SWEMN20250118_231207.
This bright bolide was spotted from Spain on January 18, at 2:04 local time (equivalent to 1:04 universal time). The event was generated by a rock (a meteoroid) from a comet that hit the atmosphere at about 92,000 km/h. The fireball overflew the province of Toledo (Spain). It began at an altitude of about 90 km over the locality of Bargas (province of Toledo), moved northeast, and ended at a height of around 38 km over the locality of Ugena (province of Toledo).
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), Sierra Nevada, La Sagra (Granada), Sevilla, Coruña, Olocau (Valencia), and Marçà (Tarragona). 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: SWEMN20250118_010434.
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