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Bright Fireball over Poland

Vincent Perlerin

The American Meteor Society and the International Meteor Association received over 60 reports so far about a fireball event over the Eastern Poland on Saturday, October 31st 2015 around 18:05UT. Observers from as far the Netherlands and Austria reported seeing a bright light in the sky. Below is a heat map of the witness reports.

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AMS Event#2824-2015 - Heatmap

The preliminary estimated trajectory plotted from the witness reports shows the meteor was traveling from the SE-NW and ended its (visible) flight few miles east of the German Border.

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AMS Event#2824-2015 - Preliminary Estimated Trajectory

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4 comments

  • Arek

    2 meteor in Poland 0:13

  • Arek

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44kW1PKc-aQ

  • Dan Jasminski

    Fireball over Massachusetts looking from Enfield Ct at 5:15 pm on Nov 1st

  • peter

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-snQfb3TdY observed from my dashcam i wonder how can someone determine where or if something of this will touch the earth and what is the weight of this

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