Inner Mongolia, China
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UPDATE! This meteor event has been renamed to Songyuan. Click here for details.
October 10, 2019 16:16 UTC – U.S. Government Sensors detected a 0.57 kiloton event in China’s autonomous region of Inner Mongolia, ending near the town of Tiebeicun. The attached KML file contains the reference points, along with approximate start and end points at 100km and 20km, respectively.
CNEOS event precision is limited to one decimal point of latitude and longitude and this is represented in the KML file by a rectangle around the end point.
Data Source(s): | CNEOS |
Date/Time: | 10/10/2019 16:16 UTC |
Location: | Inner Mongolia, China |
Reference Coordinates: | 44.3°E 122.9°N Google Map |
Reference Altitude: | 47.3 km above sea level |
Energy / Mass Estimate: | 0.57kt / 24111kg |
Entry Speed: | 14.1 km/s |
Bearing: | 53.397° NE |
Incidence: | 30.6° from vertical |
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At least one video has surfaced of the event and a news story was posted on https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201910/11/WS5da03d18a310cf3e3556ff9f.html
Hey Jim,
I got an entry azimuth of 36.6 degs. I did get the same elevation angle you did.
Pat
Sorry my bad! I forgot that was in relation to due east…so I get 53.4 also.