Fireballs

{
  "asOf": "2026-10-11T08:41:43.163Z",
  "degraded": false,
  "disclaimer": "Screening signal computed from the named public source. Not financial, legal or investment advice; provided as is. Verify at the source before acting.",
  "events": [
    {
      "altitudeKm": null,
      "hiroshimaEquivalents": 0.0067,
      "impactEnergyKt": 0.1,
      "latitude": -23,
      "longitude": -38.8,
      "radiatedEnergyJoules": 32000000000,
      "speedKmS": 13.6,
      "timeUtc": "2013-02-20 13:13:07"
    },
    {
      "altitudeKm": 23.3,
      "hiroshimaEquivalents": 29,
      "impactEnergyKt": 441,
      "latitude": 54.8,
      "longitude": 61.1,
      "radiatedEnergyJoules": 375000000000000,
      "speedKmS": 18.6,
      "timeUtc": "2013-02-15 03:20:26"
    }
  ],
  "notChecked": [
    "completeness: only events detected by US government sensors and released are listed, so most fireballs worldwide are absent",
    "events without a reported location (excluded here)",
    "…2 more"
  ],
  "reasons": [
    "Impact energy is the calculated kinetic energy in kilotons of TNT; radiated energy is the light-flash energy and is much smaller.",
    "The list is a sample of sensor-detected events, not a census."
  ],
  "returned": 3,
  "source": "NASA JPL Solar System Dynamics",
  "sourceUrl": "https://ssd-api.jpl.nasa.gov",
  "strongest": {
    "impactEnergyKt": 441,
    "timeUtc": "2013-02-15 03:20:26"
  },
  "summary": "3 recorded fireball(s) listed of 3 matching; strongest listed: 441 kt impact energy at 2013-02-15 03:20:26 UTC near 54.8, 61.1.",
  "totalMatches": 3,
  "verdict": "FIREBALLS_LISTED"
}

# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://space-objects.x402tookit.com/fireballs?dateMax=2013-02-28&dateMin=2013-02-01&limit=10'

# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - 'https://space-objects.x402tookit.com/fireballs?dateMax=2013-02-28&dateMin=2013-02-01&limit=10' \
  | grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decode

// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";

// Pays at most $0.02 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.02" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);

// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.02 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fspace-objects.x402tookit.com%2Ffireballs
const res = await pay("https://space-objects.x402tookit.com/fireballs?dateMax=2013-02-28&dateMin=2013-02-01&limit=10");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());

# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client

# Pays at most $0.02 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.02"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))

with x402_requests(client) as session:
    res = session.get("https://space-objects.x402tookit.com/fireballs?dateMax=2013-02-28&dateMin=2013-02-01&limit=10")
    print(res.status_code, res.text)