Sightings2004

Daylight fireball over northern Spain drops the Villalbeto de la Pena meteorite

When: 4 Jan 2004
Where: Villalbeto de la Pena, Spain
Sources: 1 public source

Villalbeto de la Pena in Palencia, near where the 2004 meteorite fell Valdavia, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A daylight fireball seen by thousands across northern Spain at about 16:46 UTC exploded roughly 30 km above Palencia province. The Spanish Fireball Network used photos and video to reconstruct its path, ruled out a satellite reentry, and meteorite fragments were recovered in the following weeks.

Sources

OtherDaylight fireball of 4 January 2004 (press release) (opens in a new tab)Spanish Fireball and Meteorite Recovery Network (SPMN), Universitat Jaume I / 2004-01

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