Did a meteor strike?
A fireball passed over the Wechsel region in Lower Austria
On Thursday night, a meteor entered the earth's atmosphere - possibly some chunks landed in the Wechsel region in Lower Austria. Several measuring stations registered at least one sonic boom from the celestial body.
A spectacular celestial event took place on Thursday night over the Czech Republic, Bavaria and Austria. A meteor appeared as a ball of fire in the night sky and was even photographed.
"Czech astronomers assume that parts of it reached the ground over Austria", according to the "Austria in Space" website. The cosmic rock could have fallen to earth in the area between Lunz am See and Kindberg in Styria and weighed up to four kilograms. The 14 seismic measuring stations operated by GeoSphere Austria confirm that this seems entirely possible.
Several measuring stations registered celestial bodies
"Our measuring station in Mariensee am Wechsel registered a sonic boom in this regard," explains Helmut Hausmann from GeoSphere Austria. Seismic movements were recorded at several measuring points in eastern Austria. The trajectory of the meteor can also be traced precisely on the basis of these.
Whether or where it actually landed cannot yet be confirmed. "But it would certainly be possible in the area around the Wechsel," says Hausmann. "This type of event only occurs every four to five years, most recently in Kindberg in 2020." However, these are usually only fist-sized chunks of rock that fall to the ground.
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