
UK Fireball Network
@fireballsuk
The UK branch of the Global Fireball Observatory. Run by @imperialcollege @UofGGES and @OpenUniversity in collaboration with @FireballsSky to find meteorites
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10-11-2017 15:27:06
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Contributing networks and organizations, UK Fireball Alliance , UK Fireball Network , @UKMeteorNetwork , William Stewart , SCAMP - a component of the FRIPON network , and the #globalmeteornetwork quickly coordinated and shared data, making such accurate measurements possible.


An entire winter's crop of bright meteors can now be harvested from the comfort of the fireside, thanks to low-light meteor cameras and the work of Denis Vida @UKMeteorNetwork UK Fireball Network and friends. Can you spot the imposters?

Where did the #Winchcombe meteorite come from? And how did it end up crash landing on a driveway? New paper about the #fireball from Sarah McMullan Denis Vida Hadrien D et al. @UKMeteorNetwork UK Fireball Network UK Fireball Alliance onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Crossing fingers and wishing that our Australian friends recover many #meteorites from this impressive #superbolide 🤩👇👏 #FireballsInTheSky Fireballs in the Sky Vigie-Ciel Fireballs Aotearoa UK Fireball Network

PIONEERS IN CITIZEN SCIENCE: ALWAYS ALERT! Please visit our new Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC) homepage to know about how our fireball network coordinates professional and amateur efforts to explain the meteor phenomena all around Spain: ice.csic.es/news/citizen-s… UK Fireball Network Fireballs Aotearoa Vigie-Ciel


Another gorgeous #fireball seen over the UK at 6.10 pm this evening! Lots of nice videos out there & here it is caught on a SCAMP - a component of the FRIPON network camera in N. Ireland UK Fireball Alliance


☄️💥Incoming! The next immininent impactor discovered by Krisztián Sárneczky will enter the atmosphere harmlessly but with a nice bright fireball within the next half hour.




This is asteroid 2024 BX1 observed 25 minutes before Earth impact. #2024BX1 #asteroid Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy





Special issue of Meteoritical Society all about the Winchcombe meteorite is now out at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/19455100/2… featuring collaboration of the UK Fireball Network network of cameras and the UK extraterrestrial sample analysis community

New potential meteorite dropping fireball ☄️☄️observed by UK Fireball Alliance cameras in the UK near Stoke last week - read more at ukfall.org.uk/2024-the-stoke… please keep an eye out in case anyone finds a potential meteorite 🪨🪨 in the area and report it to us

Can someone please go find this new #UK #meteorite for us please! We'd be much obliged! UK Fireball Alliance UK Fireball Network


We caught the #fireball that flew over #scotland last night on one of our recently installed new cameras. UK Fireball Alliance
