Italian Fireball 13FEB09 Photo by: Diego Valeri (c) 2009The evening of Friday 13 two stations of the Italy center have recorded a large fireball of mag -16/-17!!! ( The hour is in UT )
Possible the fall on the Earth of a meteorite. Moreover in the same timetables have been observed others 5/6 fireball to the north and center Italy.
The radiating is in:
AR. = 159.4 degree
Dec. = 22.2 degree
The radiating is in Antihelion (Delta Leonids).
Source: Roberto Haver, Italy
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Well, in the evening (2009, Febrary 13th, at 20:03:29±1 U.T.), over CentralItaly,a very bright fireball was detected from Rieti.
In the link, posted by Roberto Haver, you have a fireball frame image:
The apparente magnitude was -16.9±2.7 and its time of transit was 6.2±0.1 s.
High probability of impact to ground. We're computing the possible point of intersection with Earth, from video records.
Source and Photo Credits: Diego Valeri
Other recent events were 13Feb09--Kentucky, USA
Austin, Texas 11:20CST 15FEB09
Source and Photo Credits: Diego Valeri
Other recent events were 13Feb09--Kentucky, USA
Austin, Texas 11:20CST 15FEB09
3 comments:
Hello I'm Ferruccio Zanotti, from Italy and here:
http://meteore.forumattivo.com/report-bolidi-f30/13-14-febbraio-2009-la-notte-dei-bolidi-e-dei-superbolidi-anche-in-usa-t105.htm
other image and video of 13-14 february italian fireball
Bye
Ferruccio
is there a groundtrack available for this event? thanks.
I saw it. It was offshore of Briatico - fragmented over the bay. Quite low over the s.
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