THE BEJAR BOLIDE: A TWO TONES METEOROID DESINTEGRATED OVER SALAMANCA, SPAIN
ON JULY 11 2008.
THE IMPRESSIVE EVENT WAS WIDELY OBSERVED FROM PORTUGAL, SPAIN, AND SOUTH OF FRANCE.
An impressive fireball of absolute magnitude -18 was observed at 21h17m38.9s (+-0.1s) UTC on Friday 4 January, 2008
over the Salamanca province. The event was recorded by the Spanish Meteor and Fireball Network
(SPMN) and the scientific output has been the following paper:
Trigo-Rodriguez J.M., J. M. Madiedo, I. Williams, A.J. Castro-Tirado, J. Llorca, S. Vítek, and M. Jelínek.(2009)
"Observation of a very bright fireball and its likely link with comet C 1919 Q2 Metcalf." published in Monthly Notices
of the Royal Astronomical Society, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.14363.x,
direct doi link to the paper .
MNRAS PRESS RELEASE
MNRAS press release written by Robert Massey available here
FIGURES FOR PRESS.
The Bejar bolide photographed from Torrelodones, Madrid, Spain. The incoming fireball is the streak to the right of
the floodlit house. The bright light at the top is the overexposed Moon. Credit: J. Perez Vallejo/SPMN.
A close-up image of the Bejar bolide, photographed from Torrelodones, Madrid, Spain. Credit: J. Perez Vallejo/SPMN.
high-resolution download here
A frame of the bolide sequence recorded by SPMN video station located in Sevilla
Credit: José M. Madiedo (Universidad de Huelva-CIECEM).
A frame of the bolide sequence recorded from Huelva. Credit: Alberto J.
Castro-Tirado from station BOOTES-1 (INTA-CEDEA).
A diagram of the orbits of the Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Omicron Draconids and the boulder that led to the Bejar bolide.
The Sun is at the centre. The orbits of the particles and boulder are highly inclined compared with the paths of the planets
around the Sun. Credit: Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez/SPMN.
high-resolution download here
ANIMATION AND VIDEOS OF THE EVENT
Animation recreating the likely origin of Bejar bolide in comet C/1919Q2 Metcalf, and some of the pictures
and videos obtained by the Spanish Meteor and Fireball Network. Credits are included at the end of the video. The following
formats are available (click for direct downloading):
MPEG (32.1Mb)
Windows Media (5.4Mb)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (IN SPANISH):
Consejo Superior
de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) press release
SPMN press release
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