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Comet 2P/Encke is causing intense activity of these phenomena during the first half of November.
On the night of November 9, two new events originating from the aforementioned comet were recorded by the sensors operated by the SMART Project at the Calar Alto (Almería), La Hita (Toledo), Sierra Nevada (Granada), La Sagra (Granada), Seville, Mazagón (Huelva), and Huelva observatories.
Again, the external cameras operated at Calar Alto Observatory in Almería, also registered both objects.
The preliminary analysis carried out by Professor José María Madiedo (Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia IAA-CSIC),PI of the SMART Project, has concluded that both events were originated from comet 2P/Encke. The data and videos obtained are shown below:
Fireball on November 9th at 00h23 UT:
- Type of event: cometary (Comet 2P/Encke)
- Initial speed: 104.000 km/h
- Initial altitude: 103 km
- Final altitude: 50 km
Fireball on November 9th at 02h04 UT:
- Type of event: cometary (Comet 2P/Encke)
- Initial speed: 104.000 km/h
- Initial altitude: 97 km
- Final altitude: 52 km
Calar Alto (CAHA) fireball detection station, together with the one at the Observatory of Sierra Nevada (IAA-CSIC) and others placed at different locations in Spain, are part of the S.M.A.R.T. project led by Professor José María Madiedo (IAA) to track that kind of objects. Specifically, Calar Alto (CAHA) station and the one at Sierra Nevada (IAA-CSIC) constitute a collaboration agreement between the IAA researcher José María Madiedo and both institutions.