Reports Report 1215j (Event 1215-2016)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Susie A |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | We were in a sparsely populated part of the state, but this is the burning season for the tallgrass prairie in eastern Kansas. As such I hope others saw it; however, I doubt others would report it because they did not know they could report it!! I only know because today the special banquet speaker, Dr. Devin Schrader, at our Kansas Academy of Science spoke on meteorites! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Strong City, KS |
| Latitude | 38° 25' 56.37'' N (38.432324°) |
| Longitude | 96° 33' 29.36'' W (-96.558156°) |
| Elevation | 383.377m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-03-31 21:23 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-04-01 02:23 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 98° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 79.24° |
| First azimuth | 85.9° |
| First elevation | 8° |
| Last azimuth | 77.25° |
| Last elevation | 7° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -22 |
| Color | Green, Orange |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | low thunder... or a low continuous rumble |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Several seconds after we watched it explode in a bright flash of green and fragmentation falling we heard a low roar that lasted a second or two! At first I wondered if there was another one but think it was the delay of sound of the explosion. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2s |
| Length | 10° |
| Remarks | It was a smoke trail, not glowing, but followed the fire of the meteor or whatever it was. This is the first fireball I have ever seen so I thought of the smoke as a tail - it was about 1/4 or 1/3 the total length of the fireball. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | That was when the orange-yellow fire turned green at the end...termination where it exploded and fragmented |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The fragmentation was like a firework that did not go up but more horizontal. The fire as it goes is followed by the explosion with report where the pretty colors arc and "rain" down. However, it was a bright green flash and the "rain" was dark fragments we could see. The "report" was longer than when I watch a fireworks display. |