2023-08-24 06:39:46
Last Saturday, the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) monitored “a fireball in the sky of the northern Kingdom of Morocco, which is believed to be a meteor rock coming from space.” And quoting Spanish media, “Scientists of the Spanish Institute believe that the rock belongs to an asteroid. It died following entering the Earth’s airspace at a record speed, before it disintegrated and became extinct at an altitude of 31,000 km in the north of the Kingdom.” This fireball was detected late on Saturday.” And Madido said, “The speed of this space rock reached 61,000 kilometers per hour, forming a strong fiery glow at an altitude of more than 97,000 kilometers over the town of ‘Ipohjarin’, before it disintegrated following A drop path of regarding 31,000 km above the town of ‘Bani Okil’. And the “Fireballs and Meteorites Network in Southwestern Europe” (SWEMN Network), through its official account on “YouTube”, published a video documenting “the moment of observing the fiery meteor rock, which shows a glow Sharp white during its fall, before it completely disappeared from view. This is not the first time that the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) has announced its observation of meteorites in the Moroccan sky, as it announced last January that it had “observed a glowing rock at an altitude of 146 km in the sons of Sidi Abdel Hakim in the Jerada province.” Coming from one of the comets in space, at a record speed of 255,000 kilometers per hour.” A thousand kilometers.” And the detectors of the “smart” project are working with the development of the “Fireballs and Meteorites in Southwestern Europe” network (SWEMN Network), with the aim of “regular monitoring of sky meteors, in order to record and study the impact of rocks from different bodies in the solar system on the Earth’s atmosphere.” “.
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