Reports Report 383bm (Event 383-2013)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Brooks Z |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | my friend saw it too, we were both driving on Rt. 1 in separate cars about 100 feet apart. He thought he saw a contrail but wasn't sure. The closed car windows may have contributed to not hearing anything. The meteor looked brighter than a highway halogen light is above the highway, and relatively as large in the sky, and the sky was still pretty light out. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Palm Bay, FL |
| Latitude | 28° 3' 46.13'' N (28.062814°) |
| Longitude | 80° 35' 46.59'' W (-80.596275°) |
| Elevation | 4.463631m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2013-02-17 19:49 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2013-02-18 00:49 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 135° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 144.95° |
| First azimuth | 113.31° |
| First elevation | 60° |
| Last azimuth | 117.65° |
| Last elevation | 22° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -18 |
| Color | Green, Orange, Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | -1s |
| Length | -1° |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | the terminal flash was the third one. it looked like it almost stopped moving, about 2 degrees long, with the 3/4 facing the earth an extremely intense kelly green that was wider and brighter towards the top, and the top a deep orange. Then it went out completely. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | it flashed 3 times, the first time i didn't catch it clearly, it traveled west about 20 degrees and south about 10, and appeared to go out completely. then it lit up again, second was a bit slow, yellow and green, went west about 10 degrees, down about 15 degrees, and went out again. The third, final time it went almost straight down, west less than 5 degrees and down about 10 degrees. |