The impact on the atmosphere of a rock from an asteroid, which has penetrated the atmosphere at 126,000 kilometers per hour, has generated a fireball over Madrid last night, which

has been seen from all over Spain, and which has shown several explosions during its trajectory.

The phenomenon, which occurred at 3.56 am (peninsular time), has been captured by the detectors of the astronomical complex of La Hita, in La Puebla de Almoradiel (Toledo), within the framework of the Smart project, which aims to monitor the sky continuously in order to record and study the impact against the earth's atmosphere of rocks from different objects in the Solar System.

And it has also been recorded by the detectors that this same research project has installed in the Calar Alto (Almería), La Sagra (Granada) and Seville observatories, the astronomical complex of La Hita has reported in a press release.

Likewise, it has indicated that the analysis made by the astrophysicist of the Andalusian Institute of Astrophysics (IAA-CSIC) and head of the Smart project, José María Madiedo, has determined that

the rock that caused the fireball entered 126,000 kilometers per hour on the west of the Community of Madrid.

Due to this high speed,

the sudden friction with the air has caused the rock to become incandescent at a height of about 84 kilometers

, almost on the border with the province of Ávila.

This incandescence has been the one that has generated the brilliant fireball, which due to its great luminosity could be seen throughout Spain, from more than 600 kilometers away.

The fireball, which has shown several explosions along its trajectory, has advanced in a southeast direction and has been extinguished over the city of Madrid, at an altitude of about 21 kilometers, practically on the vertical of the Puente de Vallecas district , has specified the astronomical complex of La Hita.

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