The bolide of February 10, 2010: Observations in Hidalgo and Puebla, Mexico

On February 10th, 2010, the inhabitant population of some towns near the border between the States of Hidalgo and Puebla, Mexico, heard a strong blast overhead and felt seismic tremors and roof and windows vibration. At Tulancingo, Hidalgo, 25 km from the explosion zone, visual reports of a bolide a...

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Autores: Cordero, Guadalupe, Cervantes-de la Cruz, Karina, Gómez, Eduardo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Geofísica Internacional
Idioma:español
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OAI Identifier:oai:revistagi.geofisica.unam.mx:article/371
Acceso en línea:http://revistagi.geofisica.unam.mx/index.php/RGI/article/view/371
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Palabra clave:bólido
meteoro
escombros espaciales
México
bolide
meteoroid
spatial debris
Mexico
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Sumario:On February 10th, 2010, the inhabitant population of some towns near the border between the States of Hidalgo and Puebla, Mexico, heard a strong blast overhead and felt seismic tremors and roof and windows vibration. At Tulancingo, Hidalgo, 25 km from the explosion zone, visual reports of a bolide and thunder–like sounds were described. A possible explanation may be related with re–entry of spatial debris number 33006 from satellite COSMOS 2421. We describe interviews with witnesses. An alternative hypothesis is a meteoritic origin of the bolide.