Christmas fireball 24 December 2013
Fireball date: 24 December 2013 at 23:58:02 UT
Fireball ID: M20131224_235801
We were hoping for one and we got one. A beautiful Christmas fireball was recorded by three UKMON stations:
- Richard Fleet at Wilcot station
- Norman Lockyer observatory Planetary and Meteor Detection team near Sidmouth station
- Steve from Northern Ireland and his Scotch Street station
Wilcot station
Clanfield station
Scotch Street station
While we make some orbit calculations here is Richard’s video:
Bright Christmas Eve Meteor from Richard Fleet on Vimeo
Update:
This was a Sporadic type meteor with apparent magnitude -4.8 which started burning in atmosphere 120.1 km above, down to 97 km with velocity 53.6 km/s Ground map:
Very interesting orbital data:
And a 3D view of this meteor in Google Earth:
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