Finland Fireball – 10 Times brighter Than the Moon
*NOTE: This story was Google Translated so the wording may not be the best
[Updated 12.5. 12.20] in the night between Wednesday and Thursday at around 0.05 was seen in Southern Finland maintained an unusually bright fireball.
Song trajectory analysis suggests that it flew almost directly south to the north. Based on the findings fireball was most pronounced 10 times brighter than the full moon.
Thursday-morning by the fireball had arrived eyewitness reports Ursa Heaven’s Watchdog system nearly a hundred pieces . This phenomenon has been seen all over the sub-Kemi, Finland.
“Shockingly gorgeous,” describes seen a fireball in Mäntyharju Markku Siljama Taivaanvahdissa . “I was a south-facing balcony, while high in the southwest appeared in a bright blue-green fireball, which quickly sped to the north […] A few minutes after the disappearance belonged to the northern direction of the hollow weak voice.”
“Bright blue flash came first, which was like the flash of a camera flash,” says Maarit Liukkonen Hirvensalmi. “Fireball itself was bright yellow, which faded and finally broke up into small particles, which kipunoivat about half a second in red.”
Fireball was visible in the best area of detection for up to 8 seconds. The song came about 16 kilometers per second and 28-degree slope into the atmosphere. It broke out about 89 kilometers high and went out of sight 29 kilometers.
“This bright likely to be seen barely once a year,” says Esko Lyytinen Ursa fireball Working Group. “Track income mass in the atmosphere was estimated at 10 pounds, but the fact remained after the flight up to the surface to 150 grams in the biggest fragment and a total of up to a couple of pounds of small bits and pieces.”
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