Reports Report 1891n (Event 1891-2017)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Glen M |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | 20-year career USAF flyer of 9 different airframes; have observed many meteors. This was best bollide I ever saw! Have reported a few meteors to your site in past - like the recent changes and upgrades made on your site! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Lake Park, GA |
| Latitude | 30° 40' 57.24'' N (30.682566°) |
| Longitude | 83° 12' 41.54'' W (-83.21154°) |
| Elevation | 49.008m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2017-06-09 23:29 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2017-06-10 03:29 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 195° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 160° |
| First azimuth | 160° |
| First elevation | 50° |
| Last azimuth | 155° |
| Last elevation | 10° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -11 |
| Color | Green |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Muffled, distant boom 2 mins after final flare, burst, and particle burnout. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 5s |
| Length | 15° |
| Remarks | Train of green and yellow sparks/embers shortly after appearance to ESE of full moon (moon was 10 degrees to W of beginning of appearance) |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | At terminus, main bright green body burst into fragments which continued course a couple seconds before burnout. Muffled boom came from that direction abt 2 mins later. Very similar to flash and fragmentation of the Ural Mtns, Russia hillside captured by multiple trashcans several years ago. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Burst was just above horizon and was nearly as bright as full moon, cast a shadow as if a camera flashed on my dock. Fragments (too numerous to attempt to count) were of green and yellow, continuing course maybe 2 seconds after explosion, then burning out. |