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Meteor over Klitmøller 2026-10-18 01:02:04 UTC
Hågår – 5
Harestua – 4
Kristiansand – 3
Kristiansand – 7
Larvik – 4
Løten – 4
Moss – 4
Voksenlia – 3
The map shows the bearings for the meteor. The lighter lines show the directions from the observation sites at the meteor's appearance, and the darker lines show where it was last seen. The blue arrow indicates the visible path of the meteor.
Meteor's Atmospheric Trajectory:
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Meteoroid's Orbital Elements:
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Dark flight / fragmentation
| Model | First-observed (kg) | Ablated (kg) | Landed (kg) | Mass with unresolved fate (kg) | Largest landed piece (kg) | Peak absolute magnitude | Density (kg/m³) | Shape weight | Peak delay (s) | Post-observed light (s) | Model preference |
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| discrete cascade | 20.7 | 20.2 | 0.457 | 0 | 0.007 | -13.0 | 3500 | 85.2% | -0.83 | 0.87 | 79.9% |
| single body | 42.2 | 42.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -13.0 | 7400 | 3.4% | -1.07 | 0.00 | 18.4% |
| single body | 47.0 | 46.0 | 1.04 | 0 | 1.04 | -13.0 | 3500 | 11.4% | -0.53 | 1.79 | 1.7% |
| continuous erosion | 12.8 | 12.8 | 0 | 0.062 | 0 | -13.0 | 3500 | 0.0% | -1.23 | 0.01 | 0.0% |
| discrete cascade | 22.7 | 22.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -13.0 | 7400 | 0.0% | -1.33 | 0.00 | 0.0% |
| instantaneous disruption | 2.84 | 2.82 | 0 | 0.012 | 0 | -13.0 | 3500 | 0.0% | -1.25 | 0.00 | 0.0% |
| continuous erosion | 20.8 | 20.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -13.0 | 7400 | 0.0% | -1.31 | 0.00 | 0.0% |
| instantaneous disruption | 4.59 | 4.59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -13.0 | 7400 | 0.0% | -1.31 | 0.00 | 0.0% |
Dark-flight scenarios for assumed masses and material properties; these do not establish meteorite survival.
