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Sunday, 23 June 2024

2017, Three airbursts and three strandings

 Airbursts:

2017, February 2. Philippines, Pacific Ocean. Airburst. Coordinates: (10.4, 131.6). Time: 06:09. e= 6.6, -e = 0.21. Altitude: 33.5 km.

2017, February 18. Indian Ocean, midway between India and Africa. Airburst. Coordinates (6.2, 60.4). Time: 19:48. e = 29.5, -e = 0.79. Altitude: 38 km. Velocity: 24.2 km/s.

2017, May 24. South of Indonesia, Indian Ocean. Airburst. Coordinates: -9.1, 101.8). 430 km W.N.W. of Christmas Island south of Java and Sumatra. Time: 07:03. e = 9, -e = 0.28. Altitude: 46km. Velocity: 18.4.

Strandings:

2017, May 2. Philippines. Mass stranding of Pygmy Killer whales. The number unknown, All died.

2017, June. Sri Lanka. 20 pilot whales were stranded at a beach in the coastal town of Sampur near Trincomalee harbour in the country's northeast. All were saved.

2017, November 13. Indonesia, Aceh. 10 Cachalots were stranded. 4 died; 7 were refloated, one returned to shore and died and the remainder died on the beach. Volunteers from WWF Indonesia, the Indonesian government, and the Indonesian Navy collaborated to float the whales back to sea.  

Update post on Brazilian Meteor Airburst and comet SWAN25B

Update: 2025, September 9. South Atlantic, 77km off the coast of Brazil in Ceará.  Some witnesses reported faint hissing sounds, while other...