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Bólido, as it is also called, reached a speed of 55.3 thousand km / h and exploded near the municipality of Tiros, in the Triangle, at 30 km altitude.
In the early hours of last Friday (8), there were several reports from residents of mining towns such as Patos de Minas, in Alto Paranaíba, and Lagoa da Prata, in the Midwest, of the passing of a meteorite in the sky, followed by a strong explosion. See images:
According to the Brazilian Meteor Observation Network (Bramon), the event took place at 03:25 in Brasilia time and is a very bright meteorite, also called a bolide.
According to preliminary analyzes, the object followed a path from south to north, beginning its light phase at about 64 km altitude, between Araxá, in Alto Paranaíba, and Uberaba, in Triángulo. Then, it continued with high brightness in the northeast direction at a speed of 15.36 km / s (55.3 thousand km / h), until it exploded at an altitude of 30 km, near the municipality of Tiros, also in the Triangle.
“The analysis is still being improved so that we can determine the initial mass of the object, but the images suggest that some fragments of this meteoroid possibly survived the atmospheric passage and reached the ground,” said Bramon.
See other meteorite captures:
Meteorite in Patos de Minas.#meteorite #MinasDucks #Meteorite pic.twitter.com/yV5ETp7dMX
– Universe News (@ UniversoNews1) May 11, 2020
Brilliant meteor was recorded in Patos de Minas MG on May 07 at 03:30 local time ⬇️#Fireball #Meteorite #black pic.twitter.com/nzTGD5PLFl
– EXOSS Meteors 🇧🇷 ☄️💫 (@exossorg) May 8, 2020
The great fireball that fell on the state of Minas Gerais on the last day 08/05/2020 at 06:25 UTC was also recorded by the monitoring cameras of Luciano Miguel Diniz in the city of Canitar – SP in the interior of São Paulo .# fireball #black #meteorite pic.twitter.com/Xkg1Lx4ITi
– EXOSS Meteors 🇧🇷 ☄️💫 (@exossorg) May 9, 2020
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