Observer | |
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Name | Gretchen I |
Experience Level | 1/5 |
Remarks | this was such a unique experience that I feel I will always remember it. Awesome, impressive, and rather terrifying until a call to 911 explained that it was a meteorite. it was against a background of an evacuation alert for the opposite side of the lake where out-of control fires were burning. |
Location | |
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Address | Nelson, British Columbia (CA) |
Latitude | 49° 36' 44.29'' N (49.612302°) |
Longitude | 117° 6' 0.02'' W (-117.100006°) |
Elevation | 541.57m |
Time and Duration | |
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Local Date & Time | 2017-09-05 20:15 PDT |
UT Date & Time | 2017-09-06 03:15 UT |
Duration | ≈3.5s |
Direction | |
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Moving direction | From up right to down left |
Descent Angle | 269° |
Moving | |
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Facing azimuth | 116.98° |
First azimuth | 155.74° |
First elevation | 19° |
Last azimuth | 94.72° |
Last elevation | 23° |
Brightness and color | |
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Stellar Magnitude | -22 |
Color | White |
Concurrent Sound | |
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Observation | Unknown |
Remarks | - |
Delayed Sound | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | very loud explosive noise followed by prolonged reverberation, similar to dynamite explosion but much louder |
Persistent train | |
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Observation | Unknown |
Duration | - |
Length | - |
Remarks | - |
Terminal flash | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Fragmentation | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |