An impressive fireball sped over the skies of Granada on the night of May the 28th, and its brightness was so intense, that is was like that of a full moon.

An astrophysicist at the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) Prof Madeido, who is also the director of the SMART project, explained about the event.

The fireball, which was tracked by several observatories belonging to the SMART project systems, including the one on the Sierra Nevada, was logged at 01:13h as it entered the Earth’s atmosphere, sauntering along at 146,000 kilometres per hour.

The rock, which came off a comet, heated up to several thousand degrees Celsius and became incandescent. In fact, it was this incandescence that made this meteoroid visible in the form of a fireball.

Its visible trajectory began at an altitude of approximately 114 kilometre above the town of Romilla (Granada) and from that position it moved northwest, finally burning out at an altitude of approximately 76 km above the town of La Fuente Grande (Córdoba).

Along its trajectory, it underwent several explosions, ending in a final one after travelling 51 kilometre, which lit up the sky. Please click on the link below for the video provided by the SMART project of the event.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWz8UR5JnD8&t=3s

(News: Granada, Andalucia)

Keywords: Fireball, Explosions, Intense Luminosity, Height, Speed, Earth’s Atmosphere

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