Is it a ligthning? Is it a firework? No, it’s a meteor! It’s while checking the video recordings from his camera in Torres – RS, that Gabriel Zaparolli, a BRAMON (Brazilian Meteor Observing Network) member, got the intuition that the flash he recorded on April 12, 06h 20min UT was a bright meteor…
![Screenshot of the video showing the April , 06h 20min UT Brazilian fireball as filmed from Taquarra (RS). Credit: BRAMON](https://www.imo.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/brazil_fireball_120419.jpg)
Good bet! By checking the other cameras of the Brazilian video network, its members were able to detect the fireball path on 2 recordings, whereas the light flash was recorded on 5 of them, and even on the images of GOES-16 satellite.
By analyzing the recordings, meteoroid is expected to weight between 6 and 16 kg before it entered the atmosphere at a 34 km/s entry speed, over the Atlantic Ocean. It did apparently not survive this dramatic atmospheric entry, as it disappeared at a 37 km altitude above sea level, 145 km South of Rio Grande do Sul.
![3D trajectory calculated from the video recordings of the April 12, 2019, 06h 20min UT Brazilian fireball. Credit: BRAMON](https://www.imo.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/3Dtraj_fireball_120419.jpg)
Full story is available on BRAMON website!