According to the United Kingdom Meteor Observation Network (UKMON), the fireball momentarily overloaded the camera with light.
“Preliminary calculations estimate the brightens to be around -7 mag and explosion -14 mag. An estimated terminal altitude was just 30 - 34 km (18.6 - 21 miles),” UKMON’s Richard Kacerek said.
“With the second video we will be able to triangulate and calculate the orbit,” he added.
Friday, March 18, 2016
A very large fireball was observed over London, UK at 03:16 UTC...
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86AhdsC6EF8?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=http://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=400&h=300]
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