March 1, 2005 Daylight Fireball Over Galicia (NW of Spain) and Minho (N. Portugal) |
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| Authors: | José Angel Docobo Josep Maria Trigo-Rodríguez Jiri Borovicka Vakhtang S Tamazian Vera Assis Fernandes Jordi Llorca |
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| Institution: | (1) Observatorio Astronómico Ramón Ma Aller, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Spain;(2) Institut de Ciències de l’Espai-CSIC, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain;(3) Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain;(4) Astronomical Institute of Academy of Sciences, Ondrejov Observatory, Czech Republic;(5) Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal;(6) University of Manchester, Manchester, UK;(7) Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain |
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| Abstract: | A daylight bolide was observed over Galicia (NW Spain) and Minho (N. Portugal) on March 1, 2005 at 15 h10 min ± 3 min UTC.
We interviewed 23 eyewitnesses of the event in order to obtain the azimuth, altitude, and slope of the fireball’s trajectory.
Reports suggest an atmospheric ending height below 20 km, indicating that meteorite survival was likely. From the reconstructed
trajectory and the fireball’s duration, we obtained the approximate heliocentric orbits for the meteoroid. Assuming an entry
velocity higher than 20 km s−1 which is consistent with its estimated duration, the meteoroid originated in the asteroid belt. |
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| Keywords: | Meteors Meteoroids |
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