Hunsel, Netherlands

Weert, Netherlands – Tuesday, May 07, 2024,10:48 PM local time, A small meteor fireball was observed heading east at 13 km/s above Belgium, and ending at a height of 35 km above the ground. Although it was small, there is a chance of meteorites from this event and some excellent trajectory data has been published by the Dutch Meteor Society and FRIPON.

Search Efforts

Search efforts may be in progress, stay tuned here for updates.

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StrewnLAB Maps & Data

Trajectory data was published by the Dutch Meteor Society and FRIPON (links above) and the trajectory solution was run through our StrewnLAB software to predict the search area shown below. Please download and review the Google Earth files below for detailed maps of the search area.

UPDATE 2024/05/10 00:09 UTC V1: Initial strewn field map published. No wind data yet available.

UPDATE 2024/05/10 11:07 UTC V1.1: 1289 scenarios simulated with innaccurate wind data. Next update will have accurate wind correction.

UPDATE 2024/05/10 11:41 UTC: New wind data pulled. Wind direction was from the north at the time of the event, so the strewn field location is south of the path. (When weather data is not available, I used data from the previous day) Due to the high end height, even a light wind has a significant effect. New maps are being generated.

UPDATE 2024/05/11 02:36 UTC V2: Accurate weather data retrieved. Small enough search area to use a 500m grid pattern. High confidence in the accuracy of this map, although small total mass is expected.

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 has large effect onthe drift of meteorites.

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