[meteorite-list] Fireball Lights Up Sky Over Finland

[Ron Baalke]

http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_1706999,00.html

'Fireball' lights up sky
news24.com
May 18, 2005

Helsinki - An exceptionally bright "fireball" was spotted late on 
Tuesday slicing through the sky over Finland before exploding over 
the country's border with Russia, the Finnish Astronomical 
Association (URSA) said on Wednesday.

The phenomenon was witnessed by dozens of people in the eastern 
part of the country.

"Our mathematicians have roughly calculated that the (fireball) 
began its decent over our eastern border and ended in an explosion 
over the Russian Karelia region," URSA newsletter editor Marko 
Pekkola said.

Closer calculations will be needed to determine the exact route 
taken by the "fireball", which was probably an incandescent 
meteorite, Pekkola added.