The bolide of February 10, 2010: Observations in Hidalgo and Puebla, Mexico

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Guadalupe Cordero
Karina Cervantes-de la Cruz
Eduardo Gómez

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On February 10th, 2010, the inhabitant population of some towns near the border between the States of Hidalgo and Puebla, Mexico, heard a strong blast overhead and felt seismic tremors and roof and windows vibration. At Tulancingo, Hidalgo, 25 km from the explosion zone, visual reports of a bolide and thunder–like sounds were described. A possible explanation may be related with re–entry of spatial debris number 33006 from satellite COSMOS 2421. We describe interviews with witnesses. An alternative hypothesis is a meteoritic origin of the bolide.

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Cordero, G. ., Cervantes-de la Cruz, K. ., & Gómez, E. . (2011). The bolide of February 10, 2010: Observations in Hidalgo and Puebla, Mexico. Geofisica Internacional, 50(1), 77–84. https://doi.org/10.22201/igeof.00167169p.2011.50.1.123
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