Peculiarities of the Fragmentation of Benesov's Bolide

One of the previously published models for the fragmentation of meteoroids (Baldwin and Sheaffer, 1971) is used to analyze the observed segment of the trajectory of Benesov's bolide (Benesov, EN 070591) of the European Fireball Network. An important element of these observations is the separation of luminous fragments from the main body at the final radiation stage of the bolide as a whole. The application of the least-squares method with the use of various models as trial functions shows that the model of a single body with ablation provides the best fit to the observed trajectory.