[meteorite-list] Huge Ball of Fire Spotted Over Spain

[mark ford]

NOT AGAIN!!!!!!!!!???????  - that's not fair!

What is it about Spain that seems to attract fireballs!??



-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Baalke [mailto:baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 5:02 PM
To: Meteorite Mailing List
Subject: [meteorite-list] Huge Ball of Fire Spotted Over Spain



http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/other_news/&art
icleid=234883

'Huge ball of fire' over Spain
Sapa-AFP
Madrid, Spain
13 April 2005 

A meteorite that residents described as a "huge ball of fire" was
spotted 
on Wednesday over the eastern Spanish regions of Catalonia and Valencia,

according to astronomers in the region.

"We received scores of calls from witnesses, who at first thought it was
an asteroid flashing past. But judging from its size, it was a
meteorite," said a spokesperson for a Catalonia-based astronomers'
association.

Motorists spotted the glowing sphere from the motorway linking Spain
with southern France and reported seeing it break up into fragments.

The meteorite glowed a greenish hue as it sped through the atmosphere on
a northeast-southeast trajectory.

"That leads us to think it fell into the sea," the spokesperson said.

The observatory at Valencia University said it estimates the celestial
body was travelling at around 10 000kph when it entered the atmosphere.


______________________________________________
Meteorite-list mailing list
Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list