Tantou Fireball


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A bright fireball flighted from the Nippon sea to northeast Hyogo prefecture at 29, Oct 2022, 16h06m11s(UT).
SonotaCo network member, Mr.Mars(Okayama pref.), Dr.K.Maeda(Miyazaki pref.), Mr.K.Yoneguchi(Ishikawa pref), and Mr.Maruoka(Tokushima pref.) observed the fireball by TV cameras.
Luminous trail indicates characteristics burst and made some small fragments like the after glow.
Dr.Maeda's spectral image indicates the normal material meteoroid.
Geocentric velocity was fast 22.8 km/s and terminal height was 23.6km altitudes.
This fireball was estimated to produce a meteorite of about 170 grams masses.
The predicted impact area is the forest in Hirata, Tantou town, Toyooka city, Hyogo prefecture.
Predicted impact area was nallow because relation of trajectory direction with the slow Jet Stream.


Predicted impact area
Small red circles are calculated impact points for many different initial values but not indicates many pieces fell.


Link

@ SonotaCo Network Observation Results