Hallein, Austria
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Hallein, AUSTRIA – April 6, 2020, 3:33 PM local time, a daytime fireball was sighted over the Alps, and ended near the Germany-Austria border, over the mountain lake of Königssee. The size and speed of the meteor indicate that meteorites are likely. Initial predictions place the strewn field near the town of Hallein in the historical Austrian state of Salzburg.
| Date/Time: | 04/06/2020 15:33:30 UTC |
| Location: | Hallein, Austria |
| Reference Coordinates: | 47.55°N 12.92°W |
| Reference Altitude: | 33 km above sea level |
| Energy / Mass Estimate: | ~0.05kt / 2000 kg |
| Reference Speed: | 17 km/s |
| Bearing: | 48° NE |
| Slope: | 55° from vertical |
| Event Links: | AMS Event 1591-2020 |
| Publications: | Hausmann (2020) |
Video and News
The videos below are being used to calculate the trajectory of the meteor.
An additional video from Innsbruck, Austria can be found here on Facebook.
Search Efforts
The terrain is very mountainous, but if we are lucky, there are meteorites scattered in the valleys between the steep inclines of the Alps. If you are interested in searching for meteorites from this event, please join this Facebook group, which will be used to discuss search efforts:
StrewnLAB Results & Data
A strewnfield search area has been generated for this event, by the StrewnLAB software. This map shows the most likely area to search for meteorites, in the yellow map squares. Please download the KMZ file below and load into Google Earth, paying close attention to the Version Suffix.
Weather Data
The weather data below is sourced from weather balloons, and publicly available via NOAA’s Integrated Global Radiosonde Archive (IGRA). This data is downloaded and post-processed by the StrewnLAB algorithm, to account for changing weather patterns and weather balloon drift. The plots have altitude on the y-axis, in kilometers above sea level. The wind speed below 10km altitude has large effect on the drift of meteorites.
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