Reports Report 484a (Event 484-2017)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Danny S |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I was standing in my backyard and heard what sounded like an airplane. When I looked up and shielded the sun with my hand looking for the airplane suddenly a small white ball came into view and I tracked it for 2 ½ - 3 seconds as it disappeared from my view. I do not believe the sound I heard was the meteorite, but I cannot be sure one way or the other. There was a lot of ambient street/city noise, thus I just am not sure. If you have ever seen a runaway helium balloon floating very high in the sky than that is kind of what it looked like. Yet it covered approximately 45 deg of the sky in 2 ½ - 3 seconds. I've seen and reported several fireballs at night, but this is the first that I have ever seen in daylight. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Indian Trail, NC |
| Latitude | 35° 4' 23.47'' N (35.073187°) |
| Longitude | 80° 37' 52.85'' W (-80.631348°) |
| Elevation | 194.216m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2017-02-06 13:30 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2017-02-06 18:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 102° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 271° |
| First azimuth | 226.88° |
| First elevation | 75° |
| Last azimuth | 327.5° |
| Last elevation | 60° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -16 |
| Color | White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |