Sightings1991

Benesov bolide photographed by fireball cameras over Czechoslovakia

When: 7 May 1991
Where: Benesov, Czech Republic
Sources: 1 public source

Cameras of the European Fireball Network photographed a very bright bolide over what is now the Czech Republic. Early searches found nothing; after a 2011 reanalysis moved the predicted impact area, researchers recovered small meteorites there, about 20 years after the fall.

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PressDiscovery of the Benesov meteorites 20 years after the bolide event (opens in a new tab)Astronomy & Astrophysics (via EurekAlert!) / 2014-10-14

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