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Jesenice meteorite
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Jesenice
Upper Sava Valley, Slovenia
Fell: 9 April 2009, 3:00 CEST (UT+2)
Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6)
History: On April 9, 2009 a bright fireball appeared over Carinthia and the Karavanke Mountains. The meteoroid entered the atmosphere at a steep angle and disintegrated into a large number of fragments after more than 4 s of right. In Jesenice and its vicinity, witnesses reported loud explosions following the disappearance of the fireball. Eyewitness reports were documented and evaluated by Thomas Grau (ERFM, Bernau). Two Czech automated fireball stations of the European Fireball Network (EN) recorded the bolide. Based on photographic and photoelectric records taken by the stations, Pavel Spurny´ and Jir' Borovicka (Academy of Science, Czech Republic) determined the atmospheric trajectory and heliocentric orbit of the initial meteoroid. The bolide was also recorded by all-sky and meteor cameras in Slovenia. The supersonic boom was registered by infrasound stations and seismometers in Slovenia, Austria, Germany, and Italy. The first fragment (2.35 kg) was recovered by Jozef Pretnar and Bojana Krajnc on May 17, 2009. A second complete individual of 361 g was found on July 21, 2009 by Ralph Sporn and Martin Neuhofer and a third one of 956 g by Danijel Repe on August 27, 2009.
Total weight: approximately 3.667 kg.
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Detonierender Meteor über Osterreich

Es war die Nacht zum Donnerstag, den 9. April 2009. Das lange Osterwochenende stand vor der Tür. Mitternacht war längst vorbei, und das Gros der Menschen schlief ruhig dem Morgen entgegen. Die Nacht in Osterreich war fast wolkenlos. Uber den Bergen leuchtete der helle Vollmond schon im Südwesten und lieB selbst die hellsten Sterne blass aussehen. In dieser frühen Stunde geschah etwas Unerwartetes, was die Menschen vor allem in Kärnten sehr beunruhigte.
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Meteorite fall event across the Karawanken Mountains

The great fire meteor of April 9, 2009 across Austria remained hidden from most people. Only a few eye witnesses were able to observe the spectacle in the sky. Those, which had only noticed the event in an acoustic way, were more numerous. Especially in the Austrian province of Carinthia people were suddenly woken up by this event.
Fortunately even the European Fireball Network barely succeeded in documentation of the event despite a closed cloud cover and the resultant poor observing conditions. Very clear measurements could be recorded by seismic stations in Austria, Slovenia, Italy and Germany.
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The Jesenice meteorite is one of the eleven in the world with a known orbit before falling.

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Astronomer and Slovenian Museum Clash over Meteorite Find
German Thomas Grau reported on Tuesday that he had found a rare 2.35 kilo meteorite in a forest near Jesenice (NW) in May. The Slovenian Museum of Natural History confirmed on Wednesday that the meteorite had indeed enlighten the sky over Slovenia on 9 April, but noted that two Slovenians had found the object from outer space.

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