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Last night of March 17th, at 21h54 and 22h30 UT, we were able to witness a nice fireball event.
The fireball was recorded by the SMART Project detectors operated from the observatories of Calar Alto (Almería), La Hita (Toledo), Sierra Nevada (Granada), La Sagra (Granada), Otura (Granada) and Seville.
The north camera located at Calar Alto Observatory in Almería also followed the object.
Following the preliminary analysis carried out by Professor José María Madiedo (Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia IAA-CSIC), the data obtained follows:
Fireball at 22h30 UT
- Type of event: asteroidal
- Initial speed: 108,000 km/h
- Initial altitude: 95 km
- Final altitude: 42 km
Below is the video registered with the north camera operated at Calar Alto Observatory in Almería.
alar Alto (CAHA) fireball detection station, together with the one at the Observatory of Sierra Nevada (IAA-CSIC) and others placed at different locations in Spain, are part of the S.M.A.R.T. project led by Professor José María Madiedo (IAA) to track that kind of objects. Specifically, Calar Alto (CAHA) station and the one at Sierra Nevada (IAA-CSIC) constitute a collaboration agreement between the IAA researcher José María Madiedo and both institutions.