Fireball crosses the sky of São Paulo state and falls on the coast

On the morning of Wednesday (12), approximately at 6 am Brasília time, an object tore the sky of the state of São Paulo, landing near the coast and the municipality of Caraguatatuba. According to the researchers from BRAMON (Brazilian Meteor Observer Network), the object reached a magnitude of -4.7 and entered the atmosphere at 15, 000 km / h.

The event was first detected by an allsky camera installed in the city of São Sebastião, on the São Paulo coast, and a few seconds later by the camera located in the city of Mogi das Cruzes, in the metropolitan region of São Paulo. So far, there has been no record of any remaining fragments, but, according to researcher Carlos Augusto de Pietro, linked to BRAMON, the object had about 25 kilograms of mass. See the record of one of the cameras:

It is not clear what kind of object this is, and it is probably not space junk. The density is similar to that of a CM carbonaceous chondrite, but more porous. Carbonaceous chondrocytes are high in carbon, usually in the form of graphite, in addition to carbonates and organic compounds, including amino acids. May also contain water and minerals altered by water. Rocks of this type may have been formed in the outer solar system.

From the trajectory map we can see that the object cut through the city of Caraguatatuba and probably fell into the ocean near the coast (if it survived entry into the atmosphere). According to Pietro, the determination of the parental body is still under review and will be released shortly. See another event log:

BRAMON aims to detect and determine possible eclipses and meteorite dispersions. The network currently has four stations synchronized with each other, allowing triangulation and tracking of meteorites entering the established field. Only in the last month, six fireballs paths were detected in the Brazilian territory.