This was revealed earlier this week by researchers for the SMART project at the Andalusian Astrophysics Institute (IAA-CSIC).
Lead researcher José María Madiedo said the event happened just after midnight, and the meteorite entered the Earth's atmosphere, at a speed of about 100,000 kilometres per hour.
Portugal fireball
Wasn’t there a near miss event earlier this week? A large, potentially devastating, asteroid flying past earth.
By Ian from Lisbon on 12 Dec 2021, 06:03