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GIBSON, Roger L. et al. A first report on the Nqweba bolide and meteorite fall event in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, on 25 August 2024. S. Afr. j. sci. [online]. 2025, vol.121, n.5-6, pp.1-6. ISSN 1996-7489.  https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2025/21600.

SIGNIFICANCE: Meteorite fragments, linked to a bolide sighted over the Eastern Cape Province on 25 August 2024, were retrieved by 9-year-old Eli-zé du Toit near Nqweba (formerly Kirkwood). The bolide was visible at 08:50:45 local time and was seen by observers over 500 km away. The sonic boom(s) from its high-speed transit and disintegration arrived at ground level minutes later and were reported by witnesses within ~100 km of its trajectory. The observer reports and the delay between the visual sighting and the arrival of the sound wave support data from NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies that the bolide was a high-altitude phenomenon that disintegrated at an altitude of ~38 km over mountains west-northwest of Gqeberha.

Palabras clave : bolide; citizen science; heritage; meteorite; Nqweba.

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