The results shown in the table below were obtained by the Ondrejov analysis team of Pavel Spurny and Jiri Borovicka. It should be noted that these data are preliminiary, although the final results are expected to be close to the figures given here.

EN250198 "Kamenz" Fireball - preliminary results

(January 25, 1998, T = 19h13m56s ± 2s UT)

Atmospheric trajectory data

 

 

 

Velocity (km/s)

 

Height (km)

 

Longitude (o E)

 

Latitude (o N)

 

Slope (o)

 

Total length (km)

 

Duration (s)

Beginning

Terminal

 

13.2 ± 0.3

 

66.10 ± 0.02

 

14.1037 ± 0.0002

 

51.4083 ± 0.0001

 

76.67 ± 0.04

 

6. ± 2.

 

30.71 ± 0.02

 

14.1395 ± 0.0002

 

51.3367 ± 0.0001

 

76.61 ± 0.04

 

36.46

 

2.75

Radiant data (J2000.0)

 

 

 

Right ascension (o)

 

Declination (o)

 

Ecliptical longitude(o)

 

Ecliptical latitude (o)

 

Initial velocity (km/s)

Observed

Geocentric

Heliocentric

 

58.51 ± 0.07

 

63.87 ± 0.05

 

--

 

--

 

13.2 ± 0.3

 

49.8 ± 0.6

 

67.1 ± 0.3

 

--

 

--

 

7.1 ± 0.6

 

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39.7 ± 0.4

 

8.5 ± 0.5

 

34.8 ± 0.4

Orbital data (J2000.0)

 

Semimajor axis (AU)

 

Eccentricity

 

Perihelion distance (AU)

 

Aphelion distance (AU)

 

1.50 ± 0.07

 

0.35 ± 0.03

 

0.9752 ± 0.0010

 

2.03 ± 0.15

 

Argument of perihelion (o)

 

Ascending node (o)

 

Inclination (o)

 

195.5 ± 0.3

 

305.6507 ± 0.0001

 

8.5 ± 0.5


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