Over the past few days, the sky has turned into a true light show: we’ve detected more than a dozen fireballs just this week! Each night brings its own fleeting flash, the result of the intense meteoric activity we’ve been recording throughout November.

Comets such as 2P/Encke and 55P/Temple–Tuttle are fueling this surge in activity that has persisted all month long.
On November 18th, 19th, and 20th, several of these events were captured by the SMART Project sensors at the Calar Alto (Almería), La Hita (Toledo), Sierra Nevada (Granada), La Sagra (Granada), Otura (Granada), Seville, Mazagón (Huelva), and El Arenosillo (Huelva).

Once again, the external cameras at Calar Alto in Almería recorded these brilliant fireballs. Below you will find the preliminary data for the events already analyzed. As we receive new information, we will update this note with the results of the remaining analyses.

The preliminary analysis conducted by Professor José María Madiedo (Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia IAA-CSIC), Principal Investigator of the SMART Project, concluded that both events originated from comet 2P/Encke. The data and videos obtained appear below:

Fireball on November 18 at 20:46 UT: 

• Event type: cometary (Comet 2P/Encke)
• Initial speed: 94,000 km/h
• Initial altitude: 89 km
• Final altitude: 55 km
• Path: Murcia – Albacete​

Meteor on November 18 at 20:53 UT:

Its brightness was too low to qualify as a fireball (absolute magnitude brighter than –4), remaining classified as a meteor or “shooting star.”

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Fireball on November 18 at 22:38 UT: 

• Event type: cometary
• Initial speed: 232,000 km/h
• Initial altitude: 113 km
• Final altitude: 91 km
• Path: Teruel – Cuenca​

Fireball on November 19 at 01:31 UT: ❓🤔 **Pre-analysis pending**

• Event type: ***
• Initial speed: ***
• Initial altitude: ***
• Final altitude: ***
• Path: ***