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Multiple event 2021-12-17 22:37:38 UTC    This event has been confirmed

Last trajectory update: 2021-12-18 00:02:01 UTC

Stations:

Fireball preview:

Besancon (FRFC01)
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Full size image detection Besancon (FRFC01) 2021-12-17 22:37:38 Universal Time
Barcelonnette (FRPA04)
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Full size image detection Barcelonnette (FRPA04) 2021-12-17 22:37:38 Universal Time
Pino Torinese (ITPI01)
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Full size image detection Pino Torinese (ITPI01) 2021-12-17 22:37:38 Universal Time
Observatoire de la lèbe (FRRA05)
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Full size image detection Observatoire de la lèbe (FRRA05) 2021-12-17 22:37:38 Universal Time
Lignan (ITVA01)
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Full size image detection Lignan (ITVA01) 2021-12-17 22:37:38 Universal Time
Cuneo (ITPI02)
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Full size image detection Cuneo (ITPI02) 2021-12-17 22:37:38 Universal Time
Bedonia (ITER04)
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Full size image detection Bedonia (ITER04) 2021-12-17 22:37:38 Universal Time
Alessandria (ITPI05)
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Full size image detection Alessandria (ITPI05) 2021-12-17 22:37:38 Universal Time
Saint Luc OFXB (CHVA01)
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Full size image detection Saint Luc  OFXB (CHVA01) 2021-12-17 22:37:38 Universal Time
Ponte in Valtellina (ITLO05)
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Full size image detection Ponte in Valtellina (ITLO05) 2021-12-17 22:37:38 Universal Time
Barolo (ITPI06)
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Full size image detection Barolo (ITPI06) 2021-12-17 22:37:38 Universal Time

Geographical distribution

Trajectory:

Astrometry:

Because the FRIPON camera frame rate in 30/s and the filed of view is AllSky, the star limiting magnitude if barely 0 mag.
This prevents us from correctly perform the astro-photometry calibration. To overcome this difficulty, a long exposure image (5 sec) is taken once every 10 min.
This allows to detect star of up to magnitude 4, without disturbing the usual meteor detection process.
In order to bypass the weather limitation, a global astrometry calibration is performed once a month.
All detected stars are plotted together (green) in each of the figure shown below.
The rotation of the Earth creates star trails, except around the Polar star, which is therefore easily spotted.
The fireball is plotted in blue. The details of the method may be found in Jeanne et al 2019: Calibration of fish-eye lens and error estimation on fireball trajectories: application to the FRIPON network, A&A

Besancon (FRFC01)
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Barcelonnette (FRPA04)
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FRPA04_astro.png
Pino Torinese (ITPI01)
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ITPI01_astro.png
Observatoire de la lèbe (FRRA05)
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FRRA05_astro.png
Lignan (ITVA01)
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ITVA01_astro.png
Cuneo (ITPI02)
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ITPI02_astro.png
Bedonia (ITER04)
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Alessandria (ITPI05)
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Saint Luc OFXB (CHVA01)
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Ponte in Valtellina (ITLO05)
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Barolo (ITPI06)
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Pipeline previews:

Trajectory view:

First graph: line of sights, from FRIPON cameras to the fireball. The plots are provided in a plane normal to the best fitted trajectory. Its origin lies at the crossing of all lines of sight.
Second graph: zoom of the previous figure, extending to 1-sigma (blue) and 2-sigma (green) confidence interval.
This allows us to double check the presence of systematic biases in the calibration process.
The details of the method may be found in Jeanne et al 2019: Calibration of fish-eye lens and error estimation on fireball trajectories: application to the FRIPON network, A&A

LDV
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LDV Zoom
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Trajectory fit:

Bright flight
altitude.png
Bolide altitude as a function of time. If the timing of one of the stations is not good we will have a second curve.
Residuals (arc min)
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Residuals (meter)
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Atmospheric drag:

First graph: Fireball velocity as function of altitude. Black dots are computed using a 5 position sliding average. The red line represents the ablation and drag model. As fragmentation is not considered, light curve spikes and sudden deceleration events are not considered.
Second graph: the residuals of the fit.
The details of the method may be found in Jeanne et al 2019 Calibration of fish-eye lens and error estimation on fireball trajectories: application to the FRIPON network, A&A

Bolide Velocity
velocity.png
Residuals (arc min)
residue.png
V0-A correlation
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Likelihood of the model of ablation and drag of the fireball. Each point represents a set of parameters (V0, A, B). These points are drawn evenly in this space parameters, then represented in the plane (V0, A). A corellation of parameters V0 and A leads to a decentering of the group of points. Conversely, a centered cloud indicates that the model is correctly adjusted, and that the A and Vo parameters are reliable. The unbiased determination of the parameter A (drag) is essential for the determination of the initial mass, as the initial speed V0 for determining the orbit. For precise information, refer to the article by F. Colas et al 2020 : FRIPON: a worldwide network to track incoming meteoroids, A&A

A-B correlation
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Likelihood of the model of ablation and drag of the fireball. Each point represents a set of parameters (V0, A, B). These points are drawn evenly in this space parameters, then represented in the plane (A,B). A corellation of parameters A and B leads to a decentering of the group of points. Conversely, a centered cloud indicates that the model is correctly adjusted, and that the A and B parameters are reliable. The unbiased determination of the parameter B (ablation) is essential for the determination of the final mass mass. For precise information, refer to the article by F. Colas et al 2020 : FRIPON: a worldwide network to track incoming meteoroids, A&A

Photometry:

Fireball absolute magnitude as a function of altitude, as deduced from the measurements performed by each camera.
The absolute magnitude is the magnitude the fireball would present at an altitude of 100km at the zenith.
If the weather is perfectly clear at all stations, all absolute magnitude curves overlap.
In reality, atmospheric extinction due to the presence of clouds might induce biases. In addition, the photometry calibration is performed once a month (similarly to astrometry calibration).
The details of the method may be found in Jeanne et al 2019:Calibration of fish-eye lens and error estimation on fireball trajectories: application to the FRIPON network, A&A

Photometry
lightcurve_vs_Height_clean.png
Photometry
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Photometry
lightcurve_vs_Time_separate.png

Orbit:

The 3D (left) and 3D (right) orbit of the meteoroid responsible for the detected fireball is shown in heliocentric ecliptic J2000 frame.
Units are astronomical units (AU). The 4 first cercles represent the orbits of Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.

3D orbit
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Orbit projected on the ecliptic
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3D Orbit
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Orbit projected on the ecliptic
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Pipeline content:

multiple id : 16962
multiple folder : /data/fripon_detections/multiple/202112/20211217T223738_UT
multiple count : 11
multiple status : 0
orbit perifocal : 0.138045 AU
orbit eccentricity : 0.897398
orbit inclination : 20.0968 °
orbit longitude : 265.909 °
orbit argument : 324.863 °
orbit anomaly : 334.874 °
orbit epoch : 2021-12-15 09:43:19
orbit semiaxis : 1.34545 AU
orbit tisserandJ : 4.28846
orbit perifocalsigma : 0.00104491 AU
orbit eccentricitysigma : 0.00106606
orbit inclinationsigma : 0.187863 °
orbit longitudesigma : 0.0000496708 °
orbit argumentsigma : 0.116553 °
orbit anomalysigma : 0.176394 °
orbit epochsigma : 596.78 s
orbit semiaxissigma : 0.00477802 AU
meteorite sizeinitial : 1.36732 cm
meteorite sizeinitialsigma : 0.29286 cm
meteorite massinitial : 0.00843584 Kg
meteorite massinitialsigma : 0.00542049406049 Kg
meteorite sizefinal : 0.039612 cm
meteorite sizefinalsigma : 0.0723257 cm
meteorite massfinal : 0.000000205113 Kg
meteorite massfinalsigma : 0.00000112352 Kg
meteorite enthalpy : 62.7369 MJ
meteorite enthalpysigma : 36.1928 MJ
trajectory VE : 36151.8 m/s
trajectory A : 0.0267942 m²/Kg
trajectory B : 0.000000000427089 m²/J
trajectory VEexpected : 36194.3 m/s
trajectory Aexpected : 0.0301726 m²/Kg
trajectory Bexpected : 0.000000000325714 m²/J
trajectory VEsigma : 102.985 m/s
trajectory Asigma : 0.00573892 m²/Kg
trajectory Bsigma : 0.000000000161106 m²/J
trajectory Gamma : 53.4503 °
trajectory Alpha : 154.033
trajectory Beta : 3.54148
trajectory RadianRA : 116.824 °
trajectory RadianDec : 30.553 °
trajectory RadianSigma : 3.82221 °
trajectory AltitudeInitial : 92205 m
trajectory AltitudeFinal : 47653.6 m
trajectory Lenght : 55.466 Km
trajectory Duration : 1.6149 s
trajectory LongitudeInitial : 8.09895 °
trajectory LatitudeInitial : 45.4189 °
trajectory LongitudeFinal : 7.68627 °
trajectory LatitudeFinal : 45.4645 °

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