Sightings2021

Traspena meteorite fall after a Galician fireball

When: 18 Jan 2021
Where: Lugo, Spain
Sources: 1 public source

Traspena, the village that gave its name to the meteorite found after the January 2021 fireball Alejandro Polanco, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A fireball crossed northwestern Spain in the early hours of 18 January 2021 and was recorded by University of Santiago de Compostela cameras and security videos. About two months later a resident found a 527 g stone, classified as an L5 chondrite, near Traspena.

Sources

OtherThe Traspena meteorite: heliocentric orbit, atmospheric trajectory, strewn field, and petrography of a new L5 ordinary chondrite (Andrade et al.) (opens in a new tab)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (Oxford University Press) / 2022-10-17

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