English

Analysis of June 2, 2016 bolide event

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 2020-01-10 v2

Abstract

On June 2, 2016 at 10h56m UTC, a 20.4±0.2-20.4 \pm 0.2 magnitude superbolide was observed over Arizona. Fragments were located a few days later and the meteorites were given the name Dishchii'bikoh. We present analysis of this event based on 3 cameras and a multi-spectral sensor observations by the SkySentinel continuous fireball-monitoring camera network, supplemented by a dash cam footage and a fragmentation model. The bolide began its luminous flight at an altitude of 100.2±0.4100.2 \pm 0.4 km at coordinates ϕ=34.555±0.002\phi = 34.555 \pm 0.002^\circN planetographic latitude and λ=110.459±0.002\lambda = 110.459 \pm 0.002^\circW longitude, and it had a pre-atmospheric velocity of 17.4±0.317.4 \pm 0.3 km/s. The calculated orbital parameters indicate that the meteoroid did not belong to any presently known asteroid family. From our calculations, the impacting object had an initial mass of 14.8±1.714.8 \pm 1.7 metric tonnes with an estimated initial diameter of 2.03±0.122.03 \pm 0.12 m.

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@article{arxiv.1801.05072,
  title  = {Analysis of June 2, 2016 bolide event},
  author = {Csaba Palotai and Ramanakumar Sankar and Dwayne L. Free and J. Andreas Howell and Elena Botella and Daniel Batcheldor},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.05072},
  year   = {2020}
}

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12 pages, 15 figures, 6 tables, accepted for publication in MNRAS

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