A bolide of undetermined origin Sunday crossed the Iberian sky Peninsula, according to several testimonies and as stated in the list of the Spanish Research Network Fireballs and Meteorites.
According to the organization, the phenomenon has been observed from Catalonia, Valencia, Andalucía , Aragón, Castilla-La Manca, Castilla y León, Madrid and Extremadura . According to several witnesses, the fireball illuminated the sky with lights changing colors around 06:55 for a few seconds, and has left a long trail and a trail of smoke before disintegrating.
This list includes only the brightest meteors and representative, since the entity detects more than 500 a year through its 25 stations equipped with detectors that cover 95% of the mainland.
The meteors, or fire balls are generated when entering the Earth’s atmosphere in a detached particle alien bodies – usually asteroid and comet – 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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