Reports Report 1141c (Event 1141-2012)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Amanda Y |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | This was absolutely different from a normal meteor. We love in the country and watch the perseid meteor shower every year. It was amazing, I\'ve never seen anything like it. I got so excited that I scared my kids, my son said he thought it was an airplane breaking apart. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | chehalis, WA |
| Latitude | 46° 35' 38.96'' N (46.594156°) |
| Longitude | 122° 53' 0.82'' W (-122.883561°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2012-08-12 22:45 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2012-08-13 05:45 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down right to up left |
| Descent Angle | 305° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 182.72633° |
| First azimuth | 180° |
| First elevation | 25° |
| Last azimuth | 174.28939° |
| Last elevation | 30° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | orange and yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 8s |
| Length | 10° |
| Remarks | The train was shorter but considerably wider than any of the other meteors we saw in the perseid shower. In fact, at first it didn\'t appear to have a train at all and I thought it was a low flying plane. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | At first I thought it was a low flying airplane, it was like nothing I\'ve ever seen. I watched the \"airplane\" and suddenly it had a very short train, I told my husband to look and all of a sudden it broke into at least 3 very discernable pieces, each having their own trains. Each piece seemed to explode away from each other at once. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |