This remarkable image was captured 21 September over Ermelo, NL, by Koen Miskotte. In addition to other information, the image provides data on the deceleration of the meteoroid in the atmosphere. In this case, it entered the atmosphere at 31 km/s and had slowed to 23 km/s by the time it disappeared (because it had burnt up completely) at 53 km altitude. Access image and full details via the link below.
A bright fireball was spotted over the Netherlands and Belgium on 21 September at 21:00 CEST (19:00 GMT).It was caused by a small meteoroid, estimated to be around several centimetres, entering Earth’s atmosphere and burning up.The fireball was captured by a number of all-sky camera stati…
