New Year's meteorite found. In the Modena area, by a cyclist and thanks to the Prisma network
2020-01-05T08:52:32.062Z
New Year's meteorite found: it is one of the fragments of the fireball, that is the particularly bright meteor that on the evening of January 1st was spotted on Northern Italy by the network of Prisma video cameras, coordinated by the National Institute of Astrophysics (INAF). The cyclist Davide Gaddi from Emilia, known for organizing charity fundraising trips, found it in the Modena area. Recognizable for the dark patina and the rounded corners, the fragments were found in the Disvetro-Rovereto sul Secchia (Modena) area, at the limits of the area indicated by the Prisma network calculations (First Italian Network for the systematic Surveillance of Meteors and Atmosphere). The finding, the first made possible by the network, "confirms - notes INAF - the validity of the method applied and the importance of the Prisma project to monitor the racing cars that ply our skies". The Prisma network, which monitors the sky 24 hours a day with video cameras installed throughout Italy, is attended by professional and amateur astronomical observatories, universities, planetariums, cultural associations, schools and private individuals. "A success for all of us, the result of a perfect team game," said network coordinator Daniele Gardiol, from the INAF of Turin. Generated from the fragment of an asteroid, the fireball had been intercepted by eight network cameras, whose data allowed to delimit the area of probable fall around Disvetro, in the province of Modena. The first confirms that the one found in that area is the fragment of a "very fresh" meteorite, that is, which has fallen a very short time ago, came from the meteorite expert Romano Serra, from the University of Bologna; further analyzes are ongoing. Finally, it cannot be ruled out that other fragments can be found in the same area and Prisma experts invite those who come across a rock, covered with a dark patina and with rounded corners, to report it by sending a photo to: prisma_po @ inaf. en. <iframe width = "600" height = "339" src = "https://www.youtube.com/embed/oI2a2HT3Nt8" frameborder = "0" allow = "accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in -picture "allowfullscreen> </iframe>
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January 05, 2020 New Year's meteorite was found: it is one of the fragments of the fireball, that is the particularly bright meteor that on the evening of January 1st was spotted on Northern Italy by the network of Prisma video cameras, coordinated by the National Institute of Astrophysics (INAF). The cyclist Davide Gaddi from Emilia, known for organizing charity fundraising trips, found it in the Modena area. Recognizable for the dark patina and the rounded corners, the fragments were found in the Disvetro-Rovereto sul Secchia (Modena) area, at the limits of the area indicated by the Prisma network calculations (First Italian Network for the systematic Surveillance of Meteors and Atmosphere). The finding, the first made possible by the network, "confirms - notes INAF - the validity of the method applied and the importance of the Prisma project to monitor the racing cars that ply our skies". The Prisma network, which monitors the sky 24 hours a day with video cameras installed throughout Italy, is attended by professional and amateur astronomical observatories, universities, planetariums, cultural associations, schools and private individuals. "A success for all of us, the result of a perfect team game," said network coordinator Daniele Gardiol, from the INAF of Turin. Generated from the fragment of an asteroid, the fireball had been intercepted by eight network cameras, whose data allowed to delimit the area of probable fall around Disvetro, in the province of Modena. The first confirms that the one found in that area is the fragment of a "very fresh" meteorite, that is, which has fallen a very short time ago, came from the meteorite expert Romano Serra, from the University of Bologna; further analyzes are ongoing. Finally, it cannot be ruled out that other fragments can be found in the same area and Prisma experts invite those who come across a rock, covered with a dark patina and with rounded corners, to report it by sending a photo to: prisma_po @ inaf. en.
