Title
A case study of the May 30, 2017, Italian fireball
Date Issued
01 February 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Carbognani A.
Barghini D.
Gardiol D.
Martino M.D.
Valsecchi G.B.
Trivero P.
Buzzoni A.
Rasetti S.
Selvestrel D.
Knapic C.
Londero E.
Zorba S.
Volpicelli C.A.
Carlo M.D.
Vaubaillon J.
Marmo C.
Valeri D.
Zanotti F.
Morini M.
Demaria P.
Zanda B.
Bouley S.
Vernazza P.
Gattacceca J.
Rault J.L.
Maquet L.
Birlan M.
PSL Research University
Publisher(s)
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Abstract
On May 30, 2017, at about 21 h 09 min 17 s UTC a green bright fireball crossed the sky of northeastern Italy. The fireball path was observed from some all-sky cameras starting from a mean altitude of 81.1 ± 0.2 km (Lat. 44. 369 ∘± 0. 002 ∘ N; Long. 11. 859 ∘± 0. 002 ∘ E) and extinct at 23.3 ± 0.2 km (Lat. 45. 246 ∘± 0. 002 ∘ N; Long. 12. 046 ∘± 0. 002 ∘ E), between the Italian cities of Venice and Padua. In this paper, on the basis of simple physical models, we will compute the atmospheric trajectory, analyze the meteoroid atmospheric dynamics, the dark flight phase (with the strewn field) and compute the best heliocentric orbit of the progenitor body. Search for meteorites on the ground has not produced any results so far.
Volume
135
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Meteorología y ciencias atmosféricas
Física y Astronomía
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85079593342
Source
European Physical Journal Plus
ISSN of the container
21905444
Sponsor(s)
The authors wish to thank all the owners and managers of the PRISMA stations that with their support make possible the study of fireballs and the search for meteorites. The complete list of people, associations and institutions (both public and private) is available on the PRISMA Web site: http://www.prisma.inaf.it. PRISMA was partially funded by a 2016 “Research and Education” grant from Fondazione CRT. Many thanks to J. Belasl and D. Šegonl of the Croatian Meteor Network for giving us their data about IT20170530. Also many thanks to U. Repetti, chairman of “Meteoriti Italia,” for the work about meteorite search on the strewn field.
The authors wish to thank all the owners and managers of the PRISMA stations that with their support make possible the study of fireballs and the search for meteorites. The complete list of people, associations and institutions (both public and private) is available on the PRISMA Web site: http://www.prisma.inaf.it . PRISMA was partially funded by a 2016 “Research and Education” grant from Fondazione CRT. Many thanks to J. Belasl and D. Šegonl of the Croatian Meteor Network for giving us their data about IT20170530. Also many thanks to U. Repetti, chairman of “Meteoriti Italia,” for the work about meteorite search on the strewn field.
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