Fireball on the 08th of January 2024 and meteorite fall near Rovanichi, Belarus

• Authors: Yury Harachka , Alexander Mikulich , Konstantin Morozov

Abstracts

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Three cameras of the Belarusian Meteor Network (BMN) in Minsk and Gayany recorded a bright fireball on 8th January 2024 at 01:30:24 UTC. Calculations using UFOOrbit showed that the meteoroid belonged to the Atens group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the Earth’s orbit from the inner side (objects-like the asteroid Apophis). Camera in Gayany captured the 1st and 2nd order spectra which showed a typical picture for a meteoroid of chondritic composition. The event was also analysed in terms of meteorite fall, resulting in the calculated strewn field near Rovanichi, Minsk Oblast, Belarus.

Keywords

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Belarusian Meteor Network; meteoroid; meteor spectrum; meteorite fall

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Meteorytowe
• Journal: Acta Societatis Metheoriticae Polonorum
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 15
• Pages: 47-55

Dates

published

2024

Contributors

author

Yury Harachka

• Belarusian Meteor Network, Belarus

author

Alexander Mikulich

• Belarusian Meteor Network, Belarus

author

Konstantin Morozov

• Belarusian Meteor Network, Belarus

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Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

30146496