{"id":4109,"date":"2021-04-06T21:08:44","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T20:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.popastro.com\/main_spa1\/meteor\/?p=4109"},"modified":"2021-04-06T21:12:35","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T20:12:35","slug":"fireball-over-mallorca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.popastro.com\/meteor\/2021\/04\/06\/fireball-over-mallorca\/","title":{"rendered":"Fireball over Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the 1st of April a spectacular fireball was seen over the Spanish city of Toledo.\u00a0 Reports suggest that it was seen as far away as 500km! There&#8217;s a great video (link below). Analysis suggests it burned up at 46km altitude so its unlikely any fragments made it to the ground\u00a0 &#8211; meteors really need to surive to 25-30km to have much chance of reaching the ground &#8211; but still, its pretty impressive!<\/p>\n<p>Full report here<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.majorcadailybulletin.com\/news\/international\/2021\/04\/05\/81943\/mallorca-environment-fireball.html\">https:\/\/www.majorcadailybulletin.com\/news\/international\/2021\/04\/05\/81943\/mallorca-environment-fireball.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fireball over Toledo (April 1) \/\/ Bola de fuego sobre Toledo (1 de abril)\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/daEYX6agr-k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"blockColorblindContent\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the 1st of April a spectacular fireball was seen over the Spanish city of Toledo.\u00a0 Reports suggest that it was seen as far away as 500km! 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