Observer | |
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Name | Samantha J |
Experience Level | 1/5 |
Remarks | I can\'t remember much about the time of night, I know it was late - between ten and eleven. I knew it wasn\'t just a shooting star though because I\'ve seen plenty of those. I had no idea what it could have been until now. It started out like a shooting/falling star, brightened up in a white \'explosion\', then had a diminishing green tail and disappeared. Absolutely beautiful |
Location | |
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Address | Martin, TN |
Latitude | 36° 21' 58.26'' N (36.366183°) |
Longitude | 88° 52' 5.96'' W (-88.868322°) |
Elevation | - |
Time and Duration | |
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Local Date & Time | 2011-12-07 22:30 CST |
UT Date & Time | 2011-12-08 04:30 UT |
Duration | ≈3.5s |
Direction | |
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Moving direction | From up left to down right |
Descent Angle | 135° |
Moving | |
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Facing azimuth | 26.82745° |
First azimuth | 14.28021° |
First elevation | 72° |
Last azimuth | 33.29571° |
Last elevation | 57° |
Brightness and color | |
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Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
Color | Went from white to green |
Concurrent Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Delayed Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Persistent train | |
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Observation | Yes |
Duration | 4s |
Length | -1° |
Remarks | The \"fireball\" lit up white then left a a diminishing green streak, or train, behind it. If the fireball had been scaled down to the size of a quarter, the train would be about 2-2 1/2 inches long |
Terminal flash | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | At first it looked like a shooting star, then it lit up in a sort of bright white explosion (then ended with the diminishing green train). |
Fragmentation | |
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Observation | Unknown |
Remarks | - |