Analisys of a potential meteorite-dropping event over Spain in 2009

Abstract

The SPanish Meteor Network (SPMN) is performing a continuous monitoring of meteor activity over Spain and neighbouring countries. For this purpose we employ, among other systems, several video observing stations located in different places in Spain which consist of an array of computer-controlled high-sensitivity CCD video cameras that automatically register meteor trails and store the corre-sponding images on hard disk [1]. One of the aims of our network is the recovery and analysis of meteorites and, so, we focus our attention on very bright fireballs that could give rise to meteorite falls. We present here the first results of the analysis of a potential meteorite-dropping event that took place over south-west Spain on May 12, 2009.