{"id":14963,"date":"2018-06-03T10:26:41","date_gmt":"2018-06-03T08:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmaka.de\/?p=14963"},"modified":"2018-07-07T10:30:40","modified_gmt":"2018-07-07T08:30:40","slug":"bolide-of-asteroid-zlaf9b2-above-botswana-on-2-june-2018-at-18-49-17-23-local-time-utc2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/?p=14963","title":{"rendered":"Bolide of asteroid 2018 LA (ZLAF9B2) above Botswana on 2 June 2018 at ~18.49.17-23 local time (UTC+2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last update: 7 July 2018<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/karmaka.de\/?p=15835\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>First meteorite (17.92 g) of Botswana bolide of 2018 LA (2 June 2018) found in Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:10px\"><\/div>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>The bolide of asteroid 2018 LA<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 848px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-14963-1\" width=\"848\" height=\"480\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/bolide-2-6-2018.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/bolide-2-6-2018.mp4\">http:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/bolide-2-6-2018.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:10px\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">CCTV recording by Barend Swanepoel and Wikus van Zyl recorded from Swanepoel&#8217;s father&#8217;s or his father&#8217;s friend&#8217;s farm near location -26.743643, 26.223267 between Hartebeesfontein and Ottosdal, South Africa.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\nVideo from Randfontein, Gauteng (-26.1541\u00b0, 27.6800\u00b0)<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AMS event #1924-2018\" width=\"470\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7qCISt1QOcc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:10px\"><\/div>\nVideo of the bolide by B. Lombard. Camera location: -24.6459\u00b0, 25.8157\u00b0<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1280px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-14963-2\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/video-B.-Lombard.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/video-B.-Lombard.mp4\">http:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/video-B.-Lombard.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n<p>CCTV recording of the bolide by O. Delport from camera location -26.7229\u00b0, 22.3395\u00b0<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1280px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-14963-3\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Botswana-bolide-SA-CCTV-cam.mp4?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Botswana-bolide-SA-CCTV-cam.mp4\">http:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Botswana-bolide-SA-CCTV-cam.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\nCCTV camera of &#8216;Kuruman Radiators&#8217; in Kuruman, South Africa at location -27.471877, 23.432932 (time is wrong). Video: Christian Matthys Grobler<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1920px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-14963-4\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Kuruman.mp4?_=4\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Kuruman.mp4\">http:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Kuruman.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\nThe bolide from camera location -24.6225\u00b0, 25.9158\u00b0 in Gaborone Botswana. Photo: Dhiraj Sharma<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Gaborone-D.-Sharma-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15909\" src=\"http:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Gaborone-D.-Sharma-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Gaborone-D.-Sharma-.jpg 900w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Gaborone-D.-Sharma--300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Gaborone-D.-Sharma--768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\nThe Apollo NEO <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ZLAF9B2\" target=\"_blank\">2018 LA \/ ZLAF9B2<\/a> was discovered at 8:14 UTC by the Mount Lemmon Survey (MLS)\/Catalina Sky Survey, 8.5 hours prior to impact.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ssd.jpl.nasa.gov\/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2018%20LA;old=0;orb=1;cov=0;log=0;cad=0#orb\" target=\"_blank\">Orbit data of 2018 LA<\/a> (JPL Small-Body Database)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14976\" style=\"width: 693px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/NEO-ZLAF9B2-detected-by-Catalina-Sky-Survey.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14976\" src=\"http:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/NEO-ZLAF9B2-detected-by-Catalina-Sky-Survey.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"678\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/NEO-ZLAF9B2-detected-by-Catalina-Sky-Survey.jpg 683w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/NEO-ZLAF9B2-detected-by-Catalina-Sky-Survey-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/NEO-ZLAF9B2-detected-by-Catalina-Sky-Survey-300x298.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NEO ZLAF9B2 detected by Catalina Sky Survey<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14966\" style=\"width: 1122px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ZLAF9B2-plot.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14966\" src=\"http:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ZLAF9B2-plot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1112\" height=\"435\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ZLAF9B2-plot.png 1112w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ZLAF9B2-plot-300x117.png 300w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ZLAF9B2-plot-768x300.png 768w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ZLAF9B2-plot-1024x401.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1112px) 100vw, 1112px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14966\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bill Gray&#8217;s time\/location plot<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amsmeteors.org\/members\/imo_view\/event\/2018\/1924\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>AMS reports for event 1924-2018 <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bill Gray&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.projectpluto.com\/neocp2\/mpecs\/ZLAF9B2.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Pseudo-MPEC<\/a> for ZLAF9B2.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/orbitsimulator.com\/gravitySimulatorCloud\/yr\/gsim2018.html?sv,1,ZLAF9B2,2458271.50,-49268534440.319283,-144263986597.952606,145301832.715396,32992.974444,1203.744650,-2325.709311,0,0,00FF00,90,65,,16000,0,12,1,0,\" target=\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>A simulation of the ZLAF9B2 trajectory on orbitsimulator <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/orbitsimulator.com\/gravitySimulatorCloud\/simulations\/ZLAF9B2.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Simulation of the approach trajectory of ZLAF9B2 <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dhiraj S provided <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amsmeteors.org\/members\/imo_view\/report\/142364\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>this AMS observation report<\/strong><\/a> about his sighting from location (24\u00b037&#8217;21&#8221;S, 25\u00b054&#8217;57&#8221;E) in Gaborone in the South-East District of Botswana at 16:44 UTC.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Brown reports a &#8220;strong infrasound detection of a bolide at station I47 in South Africa today at 1730 UT. Origin time between 1645-17 UT over Botswana. Yield 0.3-0.5 kT, corresponding to 2m diameter asteroid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/Deu6EIMVMAAD1Sb.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>LINK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last update: 7 July 2018 First meteorite (17.92 g) of Botswana bolide of 2018 LA (2 June 2018) found in Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana The bolide of asteroid 2018 LA CCTV recording by Barend&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96,97],"tags":[4551,1854,118,98,141,4548],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14963"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14963"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15933,"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14963\/revisions\/15933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}