Very bright North Taurid meteor over Spain
A very bright North Taurid meteor event was spotted over the south of Spain at 23:46 UTC on November 2 (00:46 local time, November 3). The meteor was brighter than the full Moon.
The object is believed to be produced by a fragment from Comet Encke that hit the atmosphere at about 110 000 km/h.
The meteor overflew the Mediterranean Sea and the province of Almeria. It began at an altitude of about 122 km (76 miles) and ended at a height of around 63 km (39 miles).
The meteor was recorded in the framework of the SMART project (University of Huelva) from the meteor-observing stations located at La Hita (Toledo), Sierra Nevada (Granada), La Sagra (Granada) and Sevilla.
Featured image: North Taurid over Spain on November 2, 2018. Credit: Meteoroides.net
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