Reports Report 1329a (Event 1329-2012)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Arne R |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | This is probably the largest and brightest meteorite I have ever seen, never seen one break up before. It was fairly slow, persisted long enough that I was able to point it out to my son, sitting in the passenger seat. He got to see the break-up at the end. Pretty spectacular. If anyone finds pieces of it I want a reward ;-) |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Bellevue, ID |
| Latitude | 43° 22' 16.02'' N (43.371116°) |
| Longitude | 114° 16' 5.2'' W (-114.268112°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2012-09-15 21:00 MDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2012-09-16 03:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up to down |
| Descent Angle | 180° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 343.74461° |
| First azimuth | 345.77438° |
| First elevation | 54° |
| Last azimuth | 354.67806° |
| Last elevation | 24° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | 1 |
| Color | yellow-white |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | I was in a moving vehicle, so no sound heard. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2s |
| Length | 15° |
| Remarks | Uniform color, very bright, object broke into smaller pieces just before disappearing fairly close to the horizon. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | It looked like a smaller piece broke off to the right (east) with unknown number of fragments in between, slowed slightly compared to main streak. This happened just before all of it disappeared. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |