Reports Report 2875ao (Event 2875-2014)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Tawni O |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | One of the most amazing fireballs I have seen in person. Felt like it was fairly close? Because it was so big, had the double explosion thing, & I could see so much of the sparkles & stuff. I am so glad I had a witness of it, who also freaked out, & I could talk out the details of what they saw, which was exactly what I saw. Conversely, about 15 years ago? I saw a long lasting meteor, same area, & same color. No exploding like this one. But a brilliant long lasting & quite bright. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Kingsville, TX |
| Latitude | 27° 29' 29.54'' N (27.491538°) |
| Longitude | 97° 51' 20.89'' W (-97.855804°) |
| Elevation | 18.283051m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2014-10-31 21:15 CST |
| UT Date & Time | 2014-11-01 02:15 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 135° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 188.34° |
| First azimuth | 182.73° |
| First elevation | 43° |
| Last azimuth | 244.34° |
| Last elevation | 25° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -11 |
| Color | Main color was greenish, but it burst 2 times, instead of smoke, had bright white, almost bluish sparkles |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 4s |
| Length | 40° |
| Remarks | Big burst of greenish light, then trailed sparkles, lightly dimmed, then burst almost bigger/brighter & left a trail of sparkles. I was at a stoplight, facing south, & had enough time to point it out to passenger & they saw several seconds of it & the last explosion & sparkles. (little smoke, but I have never seen this much sparkles on any meteor in all my life). It was easily seen even though I was in town & lots of lights around! |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Initial burst, trail of sparkles, then dimmed to small meteor, then another, bigger burst, & then longer trail of fragments/ sparkles, & then faded to nothing. I did not hear sounds but I was enclosed inside a vehicle, plus other cars, city noises. |