Reports Report 4903d (Event 4903-2020)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Andrew A |
| Experience Level | 5/5 |
| Remarks | This thing was south of the high cloud bank as it went behind the clouds for a split second.... the clouds were high and at least 100 miles south. As I was at work on the Space Center I keep looking around as the sun came up and saw a second fireball from east to west ( slightly different trajectory ) about 10 minutes later. The second one was much faster, like 40 mi/sec fast. I have been doing astronomy for 40 years and seen a lot of meteors, space debris, airplanes, and other assorted things in the sky. This was the first time I saw a fireball in a sky as bright as that morning. The second one was just a really bright, really fast meteor. The first one was a 2 or 3 second fireball that had to exit the atmosphere. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Merritt Island, FL |
| Latitude | 28° 30' 35.95'' N (28.509985°) |
| Longitude | 80° 40' 33.03'' W (-80.675841°) |
| Elevation | 0.543707m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2020-08-31 06:29 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2020-08-31 10:29 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 269° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 170° |
| First azimuth | 201.05° |
| First elevation | 30° |
| Last azimuth | 150.04° |
| Last elevation | 25° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -16 |
| Color | Light Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |