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Best of the Web: 'Unprecedented': Shockwave & 'huge roar' reported in Gran Canaria following meteor fireball event

CECOES
Canarian Weekly
Thu, 01 Dec 2022 19:34 UTC
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First, it ripped the sky over La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife at great speed, like lightning that emitted colours with shades of green and red, to then cause such a roar over Gran Canaria that it was heard from many areas of the island before, finally, crashing in the sea, causing astonishment among the islanders who, at first, didn't know what it was.

Scientists have confirmed that it was a meteorite which, although it is not the first to fall in the Archipelago, there are no precedents for what happened yesterday, as it was accompanied by tremors. Fortunately, the Emergency Services announced that there is no record that it caused injuries or material damage.

The incident occurred yesterday (Wednesday) just after 3pm, although the exact time of the impact recorded by the measurement systems installed by Involcan and the National Geographic Institute (IGN) recorded various readings between 3:16pm and 4:35pm.

Comment: It sounds like it was a particularly bodacious meteor fireball. And, while small meteorites may have fallen into the sea following the object's overhead explosion, it's more likely that eyewitnesses observed it 'disappear over the horizon', not literally make impact in the Atlantic Ocean.

Translation:
The Canary Seismic Network, which operates INVOLCAN, has registered at 16:35 hours (Canary time) a seismic signal on the island of Gran Canaria caused by the passage of a powerful acoustic wave across the island.The preliminary analysis of seismograms shows a form compatible with an N-wave, produced by the impact on the earth's surface of a shock wave caused by an object, natural or artificial, moving in the atmosphere at its speed personality.The following figure shows the seismogram recorded by the GART seismic station (Artenara).The N-wave is a signal that produces a crash wave that impacts the Earth's surface and most likely its source was a solid https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B3lido


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Meteor fireball reported over Belgium, France, Germany and UK on November 24


Sott.net
Sat, 26 Nov 2022 21:57 UTC
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A meteor fireball is caught on dashcam on Thursday November 24th in the Belgian village of Beersel in Antwerp province.
Belgian news site Nieuwsblad reports that a reader of their site noticed a short but remarkable light spectacle on Thursday morning above the Belgian village of Beerzel in Antwerp province. He captured the meteor fireball with his dashcam. The short clip can be viewed here.
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Best of the Web: Impressive meteor fireball flares upon entry over Toronto, Canada - Object was observed in space several hours beforehand

Kelly Kizer Whitt
EarthSky
Sun, 20 Nov 2022 09:54 UTC
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Astronomers spotted an asteroid just hours before it impacted with Earth this morning (November 19, 2022), near Lake Erie. This is not the first time this year astronomers have discovered a rock from space just hours before it hit Earth.


Comment: When it's that small, it's a meteor, not an 'asteroid'.


But this time, it impacted over a populated area, crossing the skies of Toronto, Canada. So we have video and witnesses who said they saw, heard and felt the impact.

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Meteor fireball over New Zealand on November 18


American Meteor Society
Fri, 18 Nov 2022 10:55 UTC
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We received 20 reports about a fireball seen over Auckland, Northland and Waikato on Friday, November 18th 2022 around 15:23 UT.

For this event, we received 3 videos.

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Meteor fireball over Alberta, British Columbia and 4 American states on November 17


American Meteor Society
Thu, 17 Nov 2022 13:37 UTC
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We received 21 reports about a fireball seen over Alberta, British Columbia, ID, MT, OR and WA on Thursday, November 17th 2022 around 13:23 UT.

For this event, we received 3 videos and one photo.

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Meteor fireball over Indiana and other states on November 14


American Meteor Society
Mon, 14 Nov 2022 10:25 UTC
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We received 10 reports about a fireball seen over IL, IN, MI and WI on Monday, November 14th 2022 around 01:16 UT.

For this event, we received one video.

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Meteor fireball over Oregon and adjacent states on November 13


American Meteor Society
Mon, 14 Nov 2022 10:12 UTC
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We received 26 reports about a fireball seen over ID, NV, OR and WA on Sunday, November 13th 2022 around 11:35 UT.

For this event, we received 4 videos and one photo.

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Meteor fireball over Maryland and other states on November 13


American Meteor Society
Mon, 14 Nov 2022 10:04 UTC
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We received 27 reports about a fireball seen over CT, MA, NH, NY and RI on Sunday, November 13th 2022 around 01:15 UT.

For this event, we received one video and one photo.

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Meteor fireball over Ohio and other states on November 9


American Meteor Society
Thu, 10 Nov 2022 10:07 UTC
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We received 20 reports about a fireball seen over CT, IL, IN, MI, OH, Ontario and PA on Wednesday, November 9th 2022 around 07:03 UT.

For this event, we received one video.

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Meteor fireball over central Spain (Nov. 7)


Meteoroides.net
Tue, 08 Nov 2022 11:55 UTC
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This bright bolide is a Southern Taurid spotted over Spain on November 7, at 1:53 local time (equivalent to 0:53 universal time). The event was generated by a rock (a meteoroid) from Comet 2P/Encke that hit the atmosphere at about 110,000 km/h. The fireball overflew the provinces of Avila and Salamanca (Spain). It began at an altitude of about 106 km over Ávila, moved north, and ended at a height of around 62 km over the province of Salamanca.

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, Huelva, Sevilla, El Guijo, Calar Alto, Sierra Nevada, La Sagra, ESA Casas de Millán, and ESA Cebreros. 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).

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