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March 10, 2026Meteoritics and Planetary Science1 citations

The daylight fireball of June 25, 2022, leading to a meteorite fall and find near Pusté Úľany, Slovakia

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LSL. ShrbenýPSPavel SpurnýPSP. Spurný

Key Points

  • The aim is to analyze the dynamics of a daytime fireball and identify the resulting meteorite fall.
  • Utilized four instrumental video records to analyze the fireball's trajectory.
  • Measured atmospheric trajectory from 69.5 to 21.8 km at a 57.1-degree slope.
  • Calculated heliocentric orbit parameters, including semimajor axis and perihelion distance.
  • Conducted a search for meteorites in a predicted impact area.
  • The original fireball body weighed 16 kg, experiencing four fragmentation events during descent.
  • Initial velocity decreased from 19.84 km s−1 to 5 km s−1.
  • One meteorite was successfully recovered from the predicted impact area, weighing 8.6 grams and classified as ordinary chondrite H5.
  • The heliocentric orbit displayed a semimajor axis of 1.727 AU and a perihelion distance of 1.00878 AU.

Abstract

Abstract We present detailed analysis of a daytime fireball observed on June 25, 2022, which is based on four instrumental video records. The atmospheric trajectory was observed from 69.5 to 21.8 km with a slope of 57.1 degrees to the surface. During the flight, the original body weighing 16 kg fragmented four times and the initial velocity of 19.84 km s −1 decreased to 5 km s −1 . The determined heliocentric orbit has a semimajor axis of 1.727 AU, a perihelion distance of 1.00878 AU, and one of the highest inclinations among the meteorite orbits, which is 27.14 degrees. Based on our computations, one meteorite was found in the predicted impact area by Polish searcher Mateusz Żmija on August 20, 2022. The recovered meteorite, Pusté Úľany, is an ordinary chondrite H5 with a mass of 8.6 grams and a bulk density of 3.41 g cm −3 .

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Shrbený et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69af956970916d39fea4ce79https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.70119
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