Images of the bolide that crossed this weekend sky Peninsula. / ATLAS
A bolide source indeterminate crossed this weekend sky Peninsula before disintegrating. According to the Spanish Research Network Fireballs and Meteorites the meteorite could be observed from Catalonia, Valencia, Andalusia, Aragón, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León, Madrid and Extremadura.
According to several witnesses, the meteor lit up the sky with color changing lights around seven o’clock on Sunday for a few seconds, leaving a long trail and a trail of smoke before disintegrating.
The Spanish Research Network Fireballs and Meteorites collected in their listings only the brightest meteors and representative, since the entity detects more than 500 a year through its 25 stations equipped with sensors, which cover 95% of the mainland.
The meteors, or fire balls are generated when entering the Earth’s atmosphere in a detached particle bodies of asteroids and alien-usually cometas- at speeds between 11 and 73 kilometers per second.
As noted by the entity, less than a dozen of the cars produced annually detected meteors, which are recorded when the particle reaches interplanetary origin impact with Earth.
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