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Airburst Over Indonesia
April 15, 1988 3:03:11 UT 124°E, 4°S
Luminosity measured in the seconds following a daylight fireball above Indonesia on April 15, 1988. Data recorded by a U.S. early-warning satellite. Scientists analysing the data concluded that the explosion causing the light burst was a meteoroid exploding in the atmosphere. The energy released was equivalent to 5000 tonnes of TNT.
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On April 15, 1988, a U.S. satellite recorded the blast of a behemoth fireball above Indonesia. For an instant, the explosion was brighter than the Sun.
For an instant, the explosion was brighter than the Sun. Military experts conclude that the blast was from a large meteoroid exploding with the energy of 5000 tons of TNT
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