Reports Report 1080j (Event 1080-2013)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Todd D |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I have spent a considerable amount of time in rural and wilderness areas of Northern New England and have seen many meteors and meteor showers. For brilliance, duration, apparently low/flat trajectory, and the size of the fragment that fell, it was striking. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Westwood, MA |
| Latitude | 42° 12' 41.91'' N (42.211642°) |
| Longitude | 71° 13' 35.16'' W (-71.226432°) |
| Elevation | 61.822247m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2013-05-16 22:10 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2013-05-17 02:10 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From right to left |
| Descent Angle | 270° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 341.61° |
| First azimuth | 344.52° |
| First elevation | 40° |
| Last azimuth | 216.01° |
| Last elevation | 35° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -16 |
| Color | Orange |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 6s |
| Length | 12° |
| Remarks | Trail of fragments was longer and more brilliant than any I've ever seen (bright orange). Could see the small bits break away and burn. A much much larger piece dropped of underside at about 5 seconds after first sited, flared brightly, and dimmed as it fell. Trajectory was unusual, as it seemed to curl off and fall, tumbling below lighter tail, the was a bomb (sorry for the analogy) falls from a plane. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | A Large piece that fell of the underside did burn very brightly and change color, dimming, as it fell. It didn't seem like it burned up the way smaller fragments do. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | (See above responses). Yes this was very striking to me. A very large piece fell of the underside. Relative to the total size of the original object its mass must have been considerable, as it quickly dropped below the fragmentation trail that I gauge to have been 12 degrees in length. |