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Thursday, 10 September 2026

Meteor Airburst over South Atlantic Ocean

2026, September 10. South Atlantic Ocean, approximately 1600km ENE of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, or 190 km NNE of Trindade Island. Airburst. Time: 05:22:22. Coordinates: (19.3S, 28.1W). Altitude: 33.6km. Velocity Components: vx = -14.6; vy = 6.4; vz = 10.9. Roughly 19.31 km/s. This is 36 degrees from the horizontal, and 55.64 degrees from the vertical. Energy: e = 11.1e10; -e = 0.33 or 330,000 kg/TNT. This is the twenteeth airburst recorded by NASA this year. Ratio 2025:2026 = 28:20.


Activity over North and Irish Seas

2026, October 22. North Sea. Fireball. Time·: 09:02 PM GMT+1. Trajectory: Entered the atmosphere on the coast of the NE Netherlands, cross...