Florence, Texas, USA – Tuesday, January 10, 2023, 6:46 PM local time, A small meteor fireball was observed heading northeast at 13 km/s, and ending at a height of 43 km, above the town of Florence, Texas.
No Doppler hits were detected, but there is still a chance that meteorites reached the ground. Refer to the sections below for details and search maps, which you can download to Google Earth.
We have solved several iterations of a trajectory solution, based on the videos. The latest trajectory solution was run through the StrewnLABA computer simulation program, written by Jim Goodall. For more information, please visit the StrewnLAB Page. software to predict the search area shown below. Please download and review the Google Earth files below for detailed maps of the search area.
The trajectory solution was derived from video data and run through the StrewnLAB software to predict a search area. Please download and review the Google Earth files below for detailed maps of the search area.
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 has large effect on the drift of meteorites.
My name is Jim Goodall, and I am an automotive controls engineer in Michigan, but my passion is physics. I started this website as a hobby, to support the global network of meteorite hunters.
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A computer simulation program, written by Jim Goodall. For more information, please visit the StrewnLAB Page. software to predict the search area shown below. Please download and review the Google Earth files below for detailed maps of the search area.
