Sightings2018

Ozerki fireball over Lipetsk, Russia

Name: Ozerki fireball over Lipetsk, Russia
Start: 2018-06-21
Location: Lipetsk, Russia

When: 21 Jun 2018
Where: Lipetsk, Russia
Sources: 3 public sources

A bolide exploded over Russia's Lipetsk region early on 21 June 2018, logged by NASA's fireball database at about 27 km altitude. Fragments were recovered and classified as the Ozerki L6 chondrite, studied by Russian scientists.

Sources

OfficialFireball and Bolide Data, 2018-06-21 01:16:20 UTC (52.8N 38.1E) (opens in a new tab)NASA JPL Center for Near-Earth Object Studies
OtherInvestigation of the Ozerki meteoroid parameters (Kartashova et al.) (opens in a new tab)Planetary and Space Science (Elsevier) / 2020-11
OtherComparison of bulk interior and fusion crust of Chelyabinsk LL5, Ozerki L6 and Kemer L4 ordinary chondrite fragments (opens in a new tab)Hyperfine Interactions (Springer Nature) / 2023-11-11

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