Hallein, Austria

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 fieldThe geographic area where meteorites landed, from a specific meteor event.  The strewn field size and shape are affected by the size of the event, the slope of the meteor, and the wind speed and direction.  Generally speaking, meteors that come in a steep angle will generate smaller strewn fields than those that come in at a shallow angle.  The presence of wind will affect the size and shape of the strewn field by scattering... near the town of Hallein in the historical Austrian state of Salzburg.

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 strewnfieldThe geographic area where meteorites landed, from a specific meteor event.  The strewn field size and shape are affected by the size of the event, the slope of the meteor, and the wind speed and direction.  Generally speaking, meteors that come in a steep angle will generate smaller strewn fields than those that come in at a shallow angle.  The presence of wind will affect the size and shape of the strewn field by scattering... search area has been generated for this event, by the StrewnLABA computer simulation program, written by Jim Goodall.  For more information, please visit the StrewnLAB Page.... software. This map shows the most likely area to search for meteorites, in the yellow map squares. Please download the KMZKML or KMZ files are often used to share geographic data and they are most often used in Google Earth software. KML stands for Keyhole Markup Language, which is an XML notation used to store geographic data in the files. KMZ files are simply a zipped version of KML files, which can also contain image overlays and other referenced content. On most meteor events documented on Strewnify, you will find an attached KMZ file, containing... file below and load into Google Earth, paying close attention to the Version SuffixOn a file, a version number should appear as a "version suffix" on the end of the filename. Since some software does not support a period [.] in the filename, the period or point is replaced with the letter "p". • "_V1" for Version 1• "_V1p1" for Version 1.1• "_V2" for Version 2• etc... All Strewnify meteor event maps and publications should be marked with a version number, to indicate differences in data or analysis....

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.

Jim Goodall

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