Fireball, 1 April 2026
On 1 April 2026 at 02:13 UTC, sensors detected a fireball above 41.9°S, 54.7°W, 90.5 km up. It released energy equal to about 0.086 kilotons of TNT.
The numbers
- Date and time (UTC)
- 1 April 2026, 02:13
- Location
- 41.9°S, 54.7°W
- Height at peak brightness
- 90.5 km
- Speed
- 69.2 km/s (249,120 km/h)
- Light energy radiated
- 2.4 × 10¹⁰ joules
- Estimated total energy
- 0.086 kilotons of TNT
What does that mean?
That is a small burst by fireball standards: the Chelyabinsk fireball of 2013 released about 440 kilotons. If the object was stony rock entering at this speed, it was roughly 46 cm across and weighed around 150 kg.
Most objects of this kind break up and burn away high in the atmosphere, but larger ones can drop small meteorites. About 70% of Earth is ocean, so most fireballs like this fall into the sea.
Known meteorites nearest this point
- Indio Rico H6, Argentina · 658 km away
- Juarez L6, Argentina · 671 km away
- Hinojo H, Argentina · 730 km away
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