The National Observatory of Athens recorded the entry of a meteoroid and three more systems for monitoring meteors, fireballs and flares, in the Greek airspace, in the early hours of February 18.

The initial assessment from the combination of data is that “the meteoroid entered the Greek airspace in the wider area between Ioannina and the municipality of Kalambakas, south of Metsovo and at an altitude of approximately 80 km from the ground. Due to the brightness of the flare it is possible that a piece of the original body has managed to survive the combustion and has reached the ground (meteorite)”. As the scientists explained, they refer approximately to the point of entry of the meteoroid into the Earth’s atmosphere and not to the area of ​​possible impact.

The video shows the recordings from the three cameras of the AMS network, while NOAK is absent as due to the brightness of the phenomenon the camera reached saturation. The video is in slow motion (0.5x) and clearly shows that the body broke up as it entered the atmosphere into at least two pieces, then a third is seen and towards the end the explosion is seen before it disappears. The duration of the phenomenon is about 2.5 seconds and the entry speed is between 17-24 km/s.