Reports Report 980e (Event 980-2012)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Kent |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | I'm not really sure that it was a fireball meteor that I saw, but I couldn't think what else it could be. If it were some leftover fireworks, the pre-dawn timing was very strange and it would have been close enough to hear a boom. I had been enjoying the planetary conjunction with the sliver of the young moon moments before in the east, then began driving west and saw this. No stars were visible at the time. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Leon, KS |
| Latitude | 37° 44' 14.5'' N (37.737361°) |
| Longitude | 96° 47' 15.59'' W (-96.787663°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2012-07-17 05:46 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2012-07-17 10:46 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 135° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 267.02587° |
| First azimuth | 268.43544° |
| First elevation | 36° |
| Last azimuth | 271.48877° |
| Last elevation | 11° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -5 |
| Color | red with yellow core |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | -1s |
| Length | 6° |
| Remarks | glowing train |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The core became bright, then some splitting off kind of like fireworks happened, and the core dimmed for an instant, then flashed bright again before it disappeared. The splitting itself was very quick, and produced several short branches that continued in slightly divergent paths. Each of those trails disappeared very quickly, so it is difficult to give any more details. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |