A fireball at night, as bright as a full moon - 1.12.2021 at 17.07 Espoo Observation number 102681

Visibility III / V

Pasi Kotokoski

I saw a fireball from the car window when I joined the Kehä3 ramp to the Turku motorway. The fireball was quite fast, bright white, the brightness varied slightly before disappearing behind the trees.

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Accuracy of the given observation time?
- Maximum of 1 minutes difference possible
How long time did you see the fireball fly in the sky?
- 2 seconds
How the flight of the fireball ended?
- The fireball disappeared behind an obstacle (trees, buildings or clouds)

Brightness of the fireball
- A fireball at night, as bright as a full moon
In which direction the fireball disappeared out of sight?
- Northeast
In which altitude the bolide disappeared from your sight?
- About 1/3 from the horizon towards the zenith

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A fireball at night, as bright as a full moon - 1.12.2021 at 17.07 Espoo Observation number 102681