Fireball over Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo, Brazil
Featured image: Fireball over Brazil on April 3, 2019. Credit: Exoss
A bright fireball streaked through the night sky over Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo, Brazil at 06:16 UTC on April 3, 2019, and was registered by 4 Exoss stations.
The closest station was Observatório do Pico dos Dias (OPD-LNA) while EPS stations of Eduardo Santiago and the Municipal Observatory of Campinas recorded its complete trajectory.
Fireball over Brazil on April 3, 2019 – heatmap and trajectory. Credit: AMS
Exoss and American Meteor Society (AMS) have so far received only 3 reports and are asking all who witnessed the event to fill out this form.
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