| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Bela M |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | From my point of sight the fireball speed seemed to be too slow to be a meteor. Altough I could not guess the distance, based on the speed and color of light I would rather guess it was some sort of bigger space debris. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Tokod (HU) |
| Latitude | 47° 44' 14.28'' N (47.737301°) |
| Longitude | 18° 40' 17.76'' E (18.671599°) |
| Elevation | 109.24176m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2017-10-17 23:20 CEST |
| UT Date & Time | 2017-10-17 21:20 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 190° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 60° |
| First azimuth | 60° |
| First elevation | 50° |
| Last azimuth | 55° |
| Last elevation | 25° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -20 |
| Color | Green main lightball and trail, with wide spreading orange sparks |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 3s |
| Length | 25° |
| Remarks | Train was rather glowing as smoke, it was visible on every point of the track about 3 seconds long after the main body crossed the point. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Light power of green main fire body was vibrating and the fragmentation was sperading on about a 10 degrees openinc trail, fragments were lighting in orange, with small orange trails. It looked a bit like firework spark tracks. |