Fireballs Aotearoa

Good thought, but we got it from several locations so could triangulate. Initial calculations show it was asteroidal and orbited as far out as Jupiter. So a nice bit of space rock.

18.12.2024 22:27 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

As seen from #Canterbury, New Zealand, a pretty fireball above Geraldine last night. Captured on CAS's #AllSky7 #fireball camera.

18.12.2024 22:04 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1

Report a fireball – Fireballs Aotearoa

🔥☄We're getting reports of a large #fireball over #Otago and #Canterbury tonight (3 December) at ~10pm!

Did you see it? Report your sighting here: fireballs.nz/report/

We'll be assessing our data to see whether a #meteorite has landed somewhere in the South Island! Stay tuned for updates.....

03.12.2024 14:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Brian Mason (geochemist) - Wikipedia

Remembering Prof. Brian Mason, the New Zealander who first identified #lunar meteorites. He was #meteorite curator at the Smithsonian Institution when the #Apollo samples returned and realised that the #moonrocks matched some of their meteorites en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_M...

27.11.2024 15:03 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A close-up view of New Zealand's latest #meteorite - found by a search party on 21 March 2024 near Tekapo after falling on Wednesday 13th of March.

16.11.2024 18:45 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Fireballs Aotearoa

"Wow! I've seen a fireball above NZ. Who should I tell?"
Report it at fireballs.nz. We collate views, calculate its trajectory and assess whether there may be any #nzmeteorites.

16.11.2024 18:42 — 👍 19    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 0