The sky over a large part of the province of Cordoba was significantly illuminated last night due to the passage of a spectacular fireball. The phenomenon, which occurred around 10:27 PM, was captured and analyzed by astrophysicist José María Madiedo, from the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC).

Identified by the code #SWEMN20260521_202732, this meteor flew over the provinces of Jaén and Cordoba. Its great luminosity allowed it to be seen from over 600 kilometers away, observed by numerous witnesses in the center and south of the country.

According to Madiedo's explanations, the fireball was produced by a rock originating from a comet that entered the atmosphere at a speed of 85,000 km/h. The astronomical event began at an altitude of approximately 89 kilometers over Zocueca (Jaén) and extinguished at about 42 kilometers over Adamuz (Cordoba), after traveling about 72 kilometers through the atmosphere.

The SMART project of the IAA-CSIC recorded the phenomenon from various detection stations located throughout Andalusia and other regions, including Huelva, La Hita (Toledo), Calar Alto (Almería), Sierra Nevada, La Sagra (Granada), Sevilla, Otura (Granada), and Mazagón (Huelva).