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Bright Fireball over Belgium on June 16th
AMS/IMO Event #2065-2018 photographed by Meiser Gernot from Durlach, Germany © Gernot Meiser, TWAN-Planetarium.de
Nearly 170 reports from 7 countries
The AMS and the IMO (International Meteor Organization) have received over 165 reports so far about of a fireball event seen above Belgium on June 16th, 2018 around 21:11 Universal Time. The fireball was seen primarily from Balgium but was also seen from France, Germany, the Netherlands.
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Witness Location and first estimated ground trajectory – AMS/IMO Event #2065-2018
Caught on cams
The fireball has been caught by several cams of the European FRIPON Network from Maubeuge (F), Charleville-Mézières (F), Reims (F) and Brussels (B).
AMS/IMO Event #2065-2018 caught by the FRIPON Network © FRIPON
Estimated Trajectory
The map below shows the witnesses location with the first estimated trajectory. The preliminary estimated trajectory plotted from the witness reports shows the meteor was traveling from the Southeast to Northwest and ended its visible flight near Liège (B).
First estimated 3D trajectory – AMS Event #2065-2018
4 comments
Mia Groth-Pipkin ·
Northern Idaho: we were sitting in our hot tub on the night of the 15th ~ 2220 and saw the most brilliant fireball in our lives! It must have lasted around 5-6 seconds; beautiful blue-green-red; ended in a magnificient explosion closer to the nothern horizon.
Sara Masci ·
I saw the meteorite in Duncansville PA USA it was fast and had a long tail it was outstanding.
Rick Lambert ·
It was filmed passing over the Foo Fighters concert in Belgium. At the climax of the drum solo for maximum effect!
https://www.space.com/40937-fireball-foo-fighters-concert.html?utm_source=notification
Marco Langbroek ·
A trajectory based on all-sky photographic imagery is here: https://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-brilliant-pinkpop-fireball-of-16.html It is located more south than in the reconstruction above.
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