Bright fireball over Antofagasta, Chile
Featured image: Bright fireball over Antofagasta, Chile on February 25, 2018. Credit: Exoss
A bright was seen and recorded flying across the night sky over Antofagasta, Chile at 23:51 UTC (20:30 local time) on February 25, 2018. The event lasted several seconds before the object disintegrated.
In cooperation with Exoss, the American Meteor Society (AMS) received 15 reports from Antofagasta, Arica and Parinacota, and Tarapaca. There are no reports of a sound associated with this event.
Preliminary trajectory based on AMS reports:
Bright fireball over Antofagasta, Chile on February 25, 2018 – heatmap + preliminary trajectory. Credit: AMS
Teo Blašković founded The Watchers in 2011 and edited it until 2026, covering seismic and volcanic activity, extreme weather, space weather and near-Earth objects. Articles on this page are his archive.
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