Reports Report 2296a (Event 2296-2012)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Anthony L |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | The mostly-dark sky had a few clouds but the part of the sky in which I saw the burst and fragmentation was clear. I tried to trace back to see if I remembered if it was in front of or behind the clouds, from my perspective, but while I had seen it streaking across for a short while before the burst, I hadn't thought it was anything more than an airplane (albeit very fast-flying for what looked like a low-flying plane) until the burst and the fragmentation. I think it was probably further away than it seemed to be. I saw it for a total of what seemed like 10 seconds (but was probably only 5 or so), but the fragments only lasted a second or two after the burst before burning out. There was clear sky ahead in the trajectory of the fragments so there was nothing that should have prevented my seeing the fragments after that point. I was driving a car at the time and did not hear any related sounds. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Sioux Falls, SD |
| Latitude | 43° 29' 9.65'' N (43.486015°) |
| Longitude | 96° 42' 27.81'' W (-96.707724°) |
| Elevation | 449.638885m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2012-12-26 17:30 CST |
| UT Date & Time | 2012-12-26 23:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From right to left |
| Descent Angle | 270° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 180° |
| First azimuth | 190.93° |
| First elevation | 20° |
| Last azimuth | 131.99° |
| Last elevation | 16° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 5s |
| Length | 10° |
| Remarks | dark line. I thought it was a (fast moving) jet with a contrail until it broke apart. The trail was not terribly dark because the dusk sky was already fairly dark blue but it was visible. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | flash was significantly brighter than the meteor itself had been but it did not appreciably brighten the sky around it. I still thought it was an airplane at that point and that I had seen something go wrong. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | 5 or 6 smaller pieces which, after separating, continued to streak across the sky in the same trajectory for a second or two before dimming and disappearing. |