Sightings2002

Vitim bolide explodes over Siberia

When: 25 Sep 2002
Where: Bodaybo, Russia
Sources: 2 public sources

Bodaybo, near where the Vitim bolide exploded in 2002 Serj Kras, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A bright bolide exploded about 30 km above the Vitim River near Bodaybo, seen by residents and detected by U.S. satellites. Russian Academy of Sciences expeditions found felled trees and tiny spherules but no craters or meteorite fragments.

Sources

OfficialFireball detection release: bolide near Bodaibo, Siberia, 24 September 2002 (opens in a new tab)U.S. Department of Defense (copy hosted by the University of Western Ontario) / 2002-09
OtherExploring Traces of the Vitim Meteoroid in Siberia (opens in a new tab)Innovations Report / 2005-05-02

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