Sightings2014

Zdar nad Sazavou fireball and meteorite fall, Czech Republic

When: 9 Dec 2014
Where: Zdar nad Sazavou, Czech Republic
Sources: 1 public source

A fragment of the Zdar nad Sazavou meteorite that fell in December 2014 IAUPavel Spurny, Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences., CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A bright fireball over the Czech Republic on 9 December 2014 was photographed by the Czech part of the European Fireball Network. Astronomers computed where pieces should land, and three small L3.9 chondrite meteorites were found almost exactly there.

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OtherThe Zdar nad Sazavou meteorite fall: Fireball trajectory, photometry, dynamics, fragmentation, orbit, and meteorite recovery (Spurny, Borovicka, Shrbeny et al.) (opens in a new tab)Meteoritics & Planetary Science (Wiley) / 2020-02

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