Reports Report 2872l (Event 2872-2019)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | pete G |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | I was looking west and saw an appearance of a light fast approaching, thought it was the space station, It was moving very fast for a plane or space station, then the light grew brighter and brighter till it moved directly in front of me at a 45 degree angle and exploded into a fireball (very bright) and broke into 3 pieces, then slowly breaking into several pieces leaving a long contrail, It broke up like it could have been space junk re-entering. No sound. I viewed it from horizon to horizon. Pretty Amazing. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Sun City Center, FL |
| Latitude | 27° 43' 8.72'' N (27.71909°) |
| Longitude | 82° 20' 44.28'' W (-82.345634°) |
| Elevation | 16.68087m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2019-07-03 02:16 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2019-07-03 06:16 UT |
| Duration | ≈20s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down left to up right |
| Descent Angle | 75° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 244.43° |
| First azimuth | 236.39° |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | 282.15° |
| Last elevation | 49° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -22 |
| Color | White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 30s |
| Length | 30° |
| Remarks | glowing, broke into 5-6 pieces leaving long trails |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | low light streaking, then brighter fireball breaking into several pieces |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | center fireball broke into several pieces, a large center with two pieces following, breaking into several pieces, basically from horizon to horizon west to east |