{"id":41433,"date":"2026-04-25T09:54:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T07:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/?p=41433"},"modified":"2026-04-25T13:54:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T11:54:38","slug":"iron-meteorite-fall-2-9-kg-in-zadzim-district-poddebice-county-lodz-voivodeship-poland-on-17-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/?p=41433","title":{"rendered":"Iron meteorite fall (2869 g) in Zadzim district Podd\u0119bice County, \u0141\u00f3d\u017a Voivodeship, Poland at 18:53:59 UTC on 17 April 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

During the night after the instrumentally detected fall Skytinel’s founder Mateusz \u017bmija began a first analysis of the data provided by 24 Skytinel cameras to determine a preliminary fall area, which was searched by 26 people on 19 April, but in vain. To improve the precision of the calculations Skytinel began to cooperate with the Institute of Astronomy of the Czech Academy of Sciences at the beginning of the following week. On 22 April after another trajectory and dark flight calculation, including Skytinel camera data, Pavel Spurn\u00fd, Ji\u0159\u00ed Borovi\u010dka and Luk\u00e1\u0161 Shrben\u00fd provided the information to Skytinel that a single 2.7-kilogram mass could have fallen. Dr. Radmila Bro\u017ekov\u00e1 from the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute had provided the important high-altitude wind data. With this new and precise information Mateusz \u017bmija and G\u00e1bor K\u0151v\u00e1g\u00f3 re-simulated the impact of a 2.5\u20133 kg meteorite, which significantly narrowed the search area to approximately 300 x 200 metres. At around 13:30 CEST on 22 April an oriented triangle-shaped 2869-gram meteorite mass (14.5 x 11.5 x 6.5 cm) was found by \u200bthe couple Anna and Pawe\u0142 Walczak, two members of a team of up to 26 people associated with the Skytinel network who searched the area on 19 and 22 April. The meteorite was found at the bottom of an approximately 40 cm deep elliptical hole (20 x 10 cm) covered with about 10 centimeters of loose soil. On 24 April 2026 (16:30 CEST) Pavel Spurn\u00fd, Ji\u0159\u00ed Borovi\u010dka and Luk\u00e1\u0161 Shrben\u00fd of the Institute of Astronomy of the Czech Academy of Sciences published the find (LINK<\/strong><\/a>) together with Skytinel (LINK<\/strong><\/a>). The exact location of the meteorite fall within Zadzim district has not been disclosed yet. It is assumed that only this one meteorite mass fell and that there are most likely no other masses to be found in the area. The quick recovery of the meteorite is another great success of the Skytinel camera network and the team of the Institute of Astronomy of the Czech Academy of Sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The iron meteorite mass. Photo: Szymon Koz\u0142owski<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Szymon Koz\u0142owski<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Szymon Koz\u0142owski<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Szymon Koz\u0142owski<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Szymon Koz\u0142owski<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Szymon Koz\u0142owski<\/p>\n\n\n

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Photo: Koluszkowska Stacja Kosmiczna<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anna and Pawe\u0142 Walczak presenting their find in front of a stacked image from their video recording of the bolide. Photo: Koluszkowska Stacja Kosmiczna <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The recovery of the meteorite by by \u200bAnna Walczak and Pawe\u0142 Walczak on 22 April 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The meteorite immediately after its recovery. Photo: Pawe\u0142 Walczak<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The meteorite immediately after its recovery. Photo: Pawe\u0142 Walczak<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The impact hole. Photo: Pawe\u0142 Walczak<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The bolide<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meteoroid with a mass of about 100 kilograms began its luminous trail at an altitude of ~84 km with an entry speed of ~13 km\/s moving southeast in a relatively steep trajectory (69\u00b0 to the earth’s surface). The bolide’s almost 7-second luminous trail was about 75 kilometres long, penetrated deep into the atmosphere and ended 14 kilometres above the ground. Reference: (Department of Interplanetary Matter Institute of Astronomy AS CR <\/strong><\/a>) published on 18 April 2026 (14:30 CEST).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3D visualization of the meteoroid’s steep atmospheric trajectory. Image: Mateusz \u017bmija<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The meteoroid’s preatmospheric orbit (turquoise line). Image: Mateusz \u017bmija<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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