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1959-04-07 : Príbram (Czech Republic)
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Spatial and Temporal Informations
Location of fall
Príbram (Czech Republic)
Coordinates
49°40' N, 14°2' E
Date of fall
April 7, 1959 20h 30mn 21s ± 1s LT
April 7, 1959 19h 30mn 21s ± 1s UT
Fireball duration
7 s
Initial velocity
20.89 ± 0.01 km/s
Start height of bolide
98 km
Start Coordinates
49°23'26" N, 15°20'45" E
Terminal height of bolide
13 km
Terminal Coordinates
49°40'18" N, 14°11'24" E
Trajectory slope (// horizontal)
43 °
Photo
 
 
 
Credit:
New Scientist mag./ Csechoslovak Academy
 
Credit:
Csechoslovak Academy of Science
Meteorites Príbram and Morávka
 
Credit:
Wikimedia
At the Exhibition 50th Anniversary of the Príbram Meteorite Fall
Physical and kinetics Informations
Maximum absolute magnitude
-19.2 ( 46 km of height )
Pre-atmospheric mass of the meteoroid
250 - 2000 kg
Corresponding size (diameter)
1.8 m
Total known weight (TKW)
5.730 kg
4 fragments:
April 9, 1959 : 4425 g "Luhy"
April 24, 1959 : 772 g "Velka"
August 19, 1959 : 428 g "Hojsin"
August 25, 1959 : 105 g "Drazkov"
Density
3.50 g cm-3
Classification
H5 ordinary chondrite
Cosmic-ray exposure age
12 Million years
Orbital
Semimajor axis (a)
2.401 ± 0.002 UA
Inclination (i)
10.482 ± 0.004 °
Eccentricity (e)
0.6711 ± 0.0003
Longitude of ascending nodet (
W
)
17.79147 ± 0.00001 °
Argument of perihelion (
w
)
241.750 ± 0.013 °
Perihelion distance (q)
0.78951 ± 0.00006 UA
Aphelion distance (Q)
4.012 ± 0.005 UA
Lien
Global Superbolide Network Archive
CZ19590407 (Pribram)
October 7, 2000
Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Data on meteorite in the Meteoritical Society Database
 
Reference
Multiple fall of Pribram meteorites photographed. 1.
Double-station photographs of the fireball and their relations to the found meteorite
Ceplecha, Z.
Bulletin of the Astronomical Institute of Czechoslovakia
12
(1961), pp. 21-47
Photographic observations of Newschwanstein, a second meteorite fron the orbit of the pribram chondrite
P. Spurny, J. Oberst and D. Heinlein
Nature
423
(2003), pp. 151-153
Multiple fall of Príbram meteorites photographed. III. Rare gas isotopes in the Velká stone meteorite
Stauffer, H.; Urey, H. C.
Bulletin of the Astronomical Institute of Czechoslovakia
13
(1962), pp. 106-108
Multiple fall of Príbram meteorites photographed. 2.Morphological and mineralogical composition of the meteoritic stones of Príbram
K.Tucek
Bulletin of the Astronomical Institute of Czechoslovakia
12
(1961), pp. 196-207
Multiple Fall of Príbram Meteorites Photographed. II. Preatmospheric Size and Radiation Age of the Príbram Chondrite
Lavrukhina, A. K.; Fisenko, A. V.; Kolesnikov, E. M.
Bulletin of the Astronomical Institute of Czechoslovakia
25
(1974), pp. 122-126