ESA title
Space Safety

Fireball spotted over Germany

24/01/2020 3364 views 11 likes 435844 ID 00:01:18
English

On 18 January 2020 at 16:44 UTC (17:44 local time), two fireball cameras in ESA’s FRIPON camera network spotted a stream of light in the skies above northwestern Germany. The trajectory of the ball of fire suggests a small meteorite could have landed in the vicinity of Oldenburg.

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