The Maribo (carbonaceous chondrite) meteorite fall occurred on 17 January 2009 over the island of Lolland (Denmark) just before 20:09 Central European Time. The event was observed in Denmark, northern Germany, Sweden, Poland and from the Netherlands. The meteor fragments were initially assumed to have fallen into the Baltic Sea. The fireball was recorded in Svensköp (Sweden) and from various private webcams. In Oostkapelle (Netherlands) it was recorded by a dashboard camera. Other cameras showed the brightening of the surroundings or or sky. In northern Europe, many witnesses who came forward to the police and broadcasters. Weather phenomena was immediately excluded by meteorologists with little doubt that it was a meteorite fall, especially in Denmark and the Baltic Sea coast after the light and sounds were witnessed. The collected observations indicated that the fireball exploded over the Baltic Sea,with a possibility that meteorite fragments may have reached the Earth's surface. Despite the poor prospects of finding a meteorite, the German Thomas Grau made a search for the meteorite. After interviewing many witnesses and analysis of the observations he was able to narrow the potential drop zone on the island of Lolland. After several days of unsuccessful search, there was on 13 March reports about the discovery of a 30-gram meteorite. The meteorite had broken into several parts and gave off a nondescript, strong odour, and was evidently a carbonaceous chondrite. According to Danish law all meteorites found in Denmark belong to the Treasury, with the Finder receiving an reward. The official classification of the meteorite is a carbonaceous chondrite meteorite type CM2 and bears the name of Maribo, after the town on Lolland, which it was found nearest to.
Maribo 54°45'43"N, 11°28'3"E Sjaelland, Denmark Fell 17 January 2009, 20:09 local time (UT+1) Carbonaceous chondrite (CM2) History: A bright fireball was seen over the Baltic Sea at 20:09 (CET), January 17, 2009. The fireball was caught on a surveillance video camera in southern Sweden and on an all sky camera in the Netherlands. Three bright explosions are seen on the video and a glowing plasma trail that persisted about 3 s. Explosions were heard up to five minutes after the fireball in southern Zealand, on the eastern part of the island Lolland, and at the German Baltic Sea. 550 eyewitness reports were received by the Danish fireball network. The supersonic boom was registered by two infrasound stations and a few seismometers in Germany and Denmark. The bolide's light curve was recorded by a few radiometers of the European Fireball Network. On March 4, the Thomas Grau (ERFM) found the first and so far only meteorite from the fall. The meteorite had penetrated a few cm into a grass surface. Read more (PDF)
Dele af den meteor, der midt i januar oplyste aftenhimlen i blandt andet de sydøstlige dele af Danmark, er fundet. Det bekræfter Henning Haack, lektor ved Geologisk Museum over for politiken.dk. Dele af meteoren, meteoritter, er formentlig fundet på Lolland. 17. januar kunne meteoren ses på himlen fra nordtyskland, sydsverige og de sydøstlige egne i Danmark.
Meteoriten-Sucher hoffen auf Millionen Einschläge von Meteoriten ziehen wegen des möglichen Werts von Bruchstücken regelmässig «Schatzsucher» an - doch von dem in Norddeutschland gesichteten Einschlag gibt es zu wenig Aufnahmen.
Meteorbrag skyldes hul i lydmuren TV 2 Nyhederne er blevet kontaktet af mange danskere, der troede, at der var tale om et tordenvejr over Danmark. Når en meteor rammer atmosfæren, sker det med ca. 40-50 km/sekundet.
A spectacular meteor spotted over Scandinavia on Saturday is likely to have landed in the Baltic Sea, south of Denmark The meteor that streaked across the sky on Saturday night is likely to have crashed into the waters off the coast of Denmark, according to a leading astronomer. Michael Linden-Vørnle, of the Tycho Brahe Planetarium in Copenhagen, said all evidence points to a landing site somewhere in the Baltic Sea south of the islands of Lolland and Falster.
First there was a bluish glow, then a bang and a shockwave. Residents across northern Europe marvelled at the mysterious phenomenon, which is believed to have been a meteorite crashing into the Baltic Sea off the coast of northern Germany over the weekend. A mysterious bluish-green flash of light followed by a loud bang alarmed residents across northern Germany, Denmark and southern Sweden on Saturday night and prompted dozens of people to call the police.