eta Aquarid fireball 7 May 2013

By Richard Kacerek

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This is a - 4.6 mag. fireball meteor recorded from two UKMON stations, Clanfield South and Ash Vale South.

Very long and very fast with 67.01 km/s velocity. The meteor started burning in 118 km above the ground and stopped at 98 km. Covering quite a distance of 165 km across the Channel.

Image from Ash Vale:

Image from Clanfield South:

and a ground map:

UPDATE:

S.P.A.M. radio network kindly supplied radio images of this fireball:

Wilcot SW station