A fireball was captured in the skies of Puerto Rico at 10:01 pm on Monday, said the Caribbean Astronomy Society (SAC).
According to the institution, the meteorite was a piece of the asteroid called "2001 YB5", belonging to the "Delta Cancrids" meteor shower.
The meteor disintegrated in the atmosphere at a speed of 62,000 miles per hour and it is possible that small fragments reached the surface over the sea.
Meter over Krasnoyarsk: Locals report their houses shaking
A large meteor allegedly measuring from one to five meters was seen in the sky over Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk on Tuesday, Sergey Veselkov, chief of the Reshetnev University observatory, told TASS.
Videos of a fireball flying over the city were posted on the internet on Tuesday evening.
We received 35 reports about a fireball seen over County Louth, County Meath, England, Northern Ireland and Scotland on Thursday, January 26th 2023 around 19:34 UT.
This notable bolide was spotted over Spain on January 28, at 6:31 local time (equivalent to 5:31 universal time). It was almost as bright as the full Moon. The event was generated by a rock (a meteoroid) from a comet that hit the atmosphere at about 145,000 km/h. The fireball overflew León (Spain). It began at an altitude of about 105 km over Noceda de Cabrera (province of León), moved northeast, and ended at a height of around 71 km over Valdespino de Somoza (province of León).
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), El Guijo (Madrid), and Coruña. 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).
This bright bolide was spotted over Spain on January 19, at 1:38 local time (equivalent to 0:38 universal time). The event was generated by a rock (a meteoroid) from a comet that hit the atmosphere at about 144,000 km/h. The fireball overflew the province of Valencia (Spain). It began at an altitude of about 109 km over Cheste (province of Valencia), moved west, and ended at a height of around 74 km after travelling in the atmosphere a total distance of 33 km.
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 Faro de Cullera (Valencia). 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).
