The phenomenon was recorded today at 9:04 p.m.
Because of its high luminosity, it has been seen from more than 700 kilometers away.
The detectors that operate within the framework of the SMART project from the astronomical observatories of Huelva, La Hita (Toledo), CAHA, OSN, La Sagra (Granada) and Seville They have recorded the passage of a ball of fire over the Gulf of Cádiz at 69,000 kilometers per hour.
As reported by astrophysicist José María Madiedo, researcher at the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) and director of the SMART project, this fireball has been recorded today at 9:04 p.m. and because of its high luminosity, It has been seen from more than 700 kilometers away.
This fireball has also been observed by crowd of witnesses that they echoed the phenomenon in social networks; Most of these people were in Andalusia and Extremadura.
glowing rock
The calculations carried out show that the rock that caused this phenomenon came from an asteroid and entered the Earth’s atmosphere at a speed of about 69,000 kilometers per hour. Slamming into the air at this high speed, the rock surface heated up and turned incandescentthus generating a fireball that began at an altitude of about 84 kilometers over the Gulf of Cadiz, near the Strait of Gibraltar.
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from that point headed northwest and became extinct at an altitude of about 44 kilometers above the sea; along its trajectory it showed a multitude of explosions that caused sudden increases in its luminosity and that were due to various sudden ruptures of the rock.
The SMART project (Spectroscopy of Meteorids in the Athmosphere by means of Robotic Technologies) has as its main objective to analyze the interplanetary matter that impacts the Earth.